Otitis Medium Tuberculous

Tuberculous otitis media (OMT) is one of the common forms of complications in tuberculosis of internal organs. The disease is manifested by pain in the ear, discharge from the ear and is accompanied by various complications associated with the involvement of the facial nerve and bone in the process. In this article we will look at the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculous otitis media.

History The disease was first described by the French physician Blaise Paradin in 1835. Over more than 200 years of observation, four main forms of tuberculous otitis have been identified: acute ear damage, chronic epitympanitis, mastoiditis and cerebral tuberculosis. However, the latter form of the disease is extremely rare. Symptoms One of the first signs of the disease is ear pain. Then tinnitus and hearing loss appear. Purulent masses may be discharged from the ear, usually having a brownish tint. Pain with this type of disease can be acute, moderate or even absent altogether. But at the same time, the body temperature rises, and the person is in a bad mood and quickly gets tired. Fever and weight loss may also occur as the disease progresses. Causes of occurrence The cause of the disease is usually Koch's bacilli with frequent mycobacterial infection. Once in the body, tuberculosis bacilli penetrate into the inner ear through the external canal, after which they begin to multiply, which leads to the appearance of purulent exudate in the cavity of the middle and inner ear. Diagnostics The main method for diagnosing OCTO is bacterial culture of the ear with further microscopic examination when the weight increases to 1,000