Many new drugs are constantly appearing and ear drops are no exception. But often it becomes difficult not only for patients, but also for medical workers to navigate in a huge number of medicines, since they have different names, but often the composition and effect are similar to those already known. This article will help you choose the right ear drops among the many drugs on offer. You will also learn how to properly use these medicines.
Some people undeservedly consider ear drops to be harmless drugs, and often this opinion can lead to rather serious consequences. These drugs, if used incorrectly instead of the expected healing effect, can cause significant harm to the human body.
Nowadays, ear drops are used in the presence of various ear diseases, but the main ones are external otitis media, as well as acute and chronic otitis media.
Otitis externa
This disease is caused by an infectious process in the external auditory canal. It can be either in the form of a boil, or diffuse, when the entire channel is completely inflamed. If boils are usually caused by Staphylococcus aureus, diffuse otitis media is by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus, Escherichia coli and also Staphylococcus aureus.
In the presence of diffuse external otitis media, ear drops are used that contain antibacterial agents, such as neomycin and gentamicin, as well as anti-inflammatory. If the infection is caused by staphylococcus, then drops that contain fusidic acid should be used.
Therefore, with a disease of diffuse external otitis media, it is worth using combined ear drops for adults, which include the above substances, these are drops such as Garazon, Anauran, Polydex, Dexonsofradex, Gikomycin-teva, Sofradex "
You can also use drugs that have a local anti-inflammatory and anesthetic effect, an example of such an agent is Otipax. Its use will be even more effective if you use the drug in the form of a compress.
Otitis media
Many more questions arise in the treatment of otitis media. It happens both acute and exudative otitis media, as well as myringitis, chronic exudative and chronic purulent.
Although acute otitis media is a bacterial disease, viruses and microorganisms are not always the main pathogens. Drops can have their antibacterial effect only in the presence of perforated forms of the disease, because they cannot penetrate through the intact membrane, and most drugs include aminoglycosides, the penetration of which cannot be allowed into the tympanic cavity, since they have an ototoxic effect.
Therefore, with perforated otitis media , drops that include norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, rifamycin cannot be used.
If otitis media is in the stage before the start of perforation of the eardrum, then the fight against pain is an important part when conducting complex therapy. Also in this case, it is necessary to fight infection, therefore, anti-inflammatory, dehydrating and analgesic therapy is necessary. Therefore, in this case, the most justified is the use of a drug such as Otipax. It is he who has all the healing effects listed above. Phenazone and lidocaine have an anti-inflammatory effect and rapid relief of pain, as well as a long-lasting analgesic effect. You can also use other ear drops, which include local anesthetics and salicylates.