How is otitis media treated?

Question
Hello doctor,
I have a right otitis media due to a rhinitis, I have taken ear drops with antibiotics and the ear pain is gone, but now after 5 days of instilling the medicine, I still feel a little ringing in my ears, can you hear me? clearly. So the doctor told me how to treat otitis media? Should I continue to drop the medicine? Do you need to take antibiotics? Thank you doctor.
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Answer
Answered by Master, Doctor Nguyen Vinh Toan - Interspecialty Department, Vinmec Times City International General Hospital.
Hello,
With the question “How is otitis media treated? ”, the doctor would like to answer as follows:
The middle ear communicates with the nasopharynx through the Eustachian tube on both sides, so, with rhinitis, pharyngitis can lead to otitis media through a direct route. this. Inflammation of the middle ear will have many stages, in the first stage, antibiotics are rarely needed. If you treat nasopharyngitis well, the middle ear will get better and go away. At the same time, in the early stages, the eardrum has not been perforated, so the antibiotics that are put into the ear are usually not effective, but only small drops to relieve pain. The symptoms you mentioned are usually a regressive stage of otitis media, there is still fluid in the tympanic cavity, so the ear is still tinnitus and hearing impaired. The disease will go away gradually after 1-2 weeks. To be sure, you should go to the Department of Otolaryngology and receive detailed advice with each stage of the disease and treatment methods.
If you still have questions about otitis media, you can go to a hospital of Vinmec Health System for further examination and advice. Thank you for trusting and sending questions to Vinmec. Wishing you lots of health.
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