Overview

Chronic suppurative otitis media is a common cause of fever in pediatrics. It's a chronic ear disease with an ongoing infection of the middle ear without an intact tympanic membrane. The Eustachian tube is crucial in this disease, and dysfunction can impair pressure equilibration and disrupt aeration.

Causes

Chronic otitis media is primarily caused by 

• Recurrent acute otitis media 

• Traumatic perforation of the tympanic membrane 

• Blockage of the eustachian tube

• Injury to the ear 

• Chemical burns 

• Blast injuries 

• Grommet insertion

• Craniofacial abnormalities.

Symptoms

The symptoms in adults include 

• Painless otorrhea (fluid draining from the ear), 

• Conductive hearing loss

• Fever

• Headache

• Confusion

• Swelling

• Tenderness

• Redness behind the ear

• Ear pain. 

Common symptoms in children include 

• Ear pain

• Difficulty sleeping 

• Crying

• Fizziness 

• Hearing loss 

• Balance loss 

• Fever

• Fluid drainage 

• Headache

• Loss of appetite.

Ayurvedic View

Karna srava- Here the word karna refers to ear and srava means discharge, there is discharge from ear. Causes like jale nimajjate (dipping onself in water), vidradhi paka (ripening of abscess) etc,there is imbalance and vruddhi (aggravation) of dosha which enters into karna (ear) and there is puya sravana (pus discharge) from ear, this is suppurative otitis media. Ayurveda way of approach is to bring dosha back to prakruta awastha (balance state), improve the ear fuction and prevent further complication by ayurvedic panchakarma treatment and local treatment for ear.

Ayurvedic Treatments

Karnaporanam   Karnadhoopam   Nasyam     Gandusham   Virechanam

Naturopathy Treatments

Enema   Ear Packs   Reflexology   Chromotherapy    Magnetotherapy   Acupuncture   Pranayama