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Otitis Media
Published in Charles Theisler, Adjuvant Medical Care, 2023
Tea Tree Oil and Olive oil: Tea tree oil has antiseptic, antifungal, and anti-inflammatory properties. A couple of warmed tea tree oil drops in the ear per day may ease earache. Tea tree oil should be diluted (3-5 drops) in olive oil or sweet almond oil.7 The American Academy of Pediatrics states that a couple drops of warmed olive oil is safe and moderately effective.7
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
Published in R James A England, Eamon Shamil, Rajeev Mathew, Manohar Bance, Pavol Surda, Jemy Jose, Omar Hilmi, Adam J Donne, Scott-Brown's Essential Otorhinolaryngology, 2022
Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) problems are common and may affect around 30% of the population at some stage during their life. Differential diagnosis can be confusing, and patients are often referred to ENT services with ‘earache’. TMJ disorders are a spectrum of disorders ranging from internal derangement (disc-related disorder) to masticatory myofascial pain (purely muscle disorder).
Child health and general practitioners’ management, 1987-2001
Published in Gert P Westert, Lea Jabaaij, François G Schellevis, Morbidity, Performance and Quality in Primary Care, 2018
Hanneke Otters, François Schellevis
It is possible that particularly in children with earache, parents are nowadays better informed when to consult general practice. In that case, GPs are not more inclined to prescribe antibiotics but are contacted by children with more severe disease. Yet, on the other hand, it is a conflicting finding that in a disease for which a guideline has been implemented recommending judicious prescribing, antibiotics prescription rates increase.
Cholesteatoma in chronic otitis media secondary to pars tensa perforation
Published in Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 2023
Caili Ji, Xiaowen Zhang, Xudong Yan, Songli Cao, Tao Fu
We designed this study to explore factors related to the formation of cholesteatoma secondary to pars tensa perforation. We retrospectively recruited subjects with acquired cholesteatoma with pars tensa perforation in different sites. Patients should satisfy following conditions: 1) chronic otitis media with pars tensa perforation with or without adhesion in the perforation edge; 2) patients with ear discharge and earache as first symptoms other than hearing loss to identify from congenital cholesteatoma; 3) to distinguish from pocket retraction cholesteatoma, patients with retraction pockets in either pars flaccid or pars tensa, or with history of otitis media effusion were excluded from the study; 4) patients with history of middle ear surgery, nasopharyngeal tumor, and cleft palate were also excluded.
Scutum reconstruction technique and classification in endoscopic middle ear cholesteatoma surgery
Published in Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 2020
Nan Wu, Wenjing Zuo, Fangyuan Wang, Kun Hou, Shiming Yang, Zhaohui Hou
We collected the clinical data of 57 patients with middle ear cholesteatoma from June 2016 to December 2017, including 36 males and 21 females, aged 6–67 years. There were nine children in this case series, aged 6–13 years. The symptoms of these cases included otorrhea, hearing loss, and earache, with a history from 3 months to 28 years. The preoperative diagnosis was based on the examinations of endoscopy, pure tone audiometry, and high-resolution CT of temporal bone. The findings of endoscopy included pars flaccida perforation, erosion of scutum, and pars tensa retraction. The mean values of the pure-tone averages (PTA) for air conduction and bone conduction at 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz were used to calculate the air-bone gaps (ABG). The hearing outcomes were evaluated by comparing the pre- and postoperative PTA and ABG. CT of temporal bone presented the radiological characteristics of middle ear cholesteatoma, including high density shadow and bone destruction in the middle ear cavity.
An Examination of the Folk Healing Practice of Curanderismo in the Hispanic Community
Published in Journal of Community Health Nursing, 2018
The use of herbs are a significant and most commonly used element of the healing practices of curanderismo. The literature indicates that the number of people that utilize curanderos vary, however the number of people who use herbal remedies far exceed the numbers of those who consult traditional healers (Applewhite, 1195; Faver & Cavazos, 2009). Herbs and plants are often used to cure illnesses of the body such as stomachaches, intestinal problems, muscle aches, burns, weight control, cough, acne, bad breath, arthritis, cancer, HIV, and diabetes (Tafur et al., 2009). Herbs are infused into oils to make salves and ointment, steeped to extract healing properties, diluted into oil for massage, and crushed into powders for pill capsules (Tafur et al., 2009). Specific plants herbs and foods are also used in traditional daily diet practices that are thought to have healing properties (Tafur et al., 2009), such as cactus to control diabetes and relieve arthritis pain, and mint for managing the digestive system and restoring energy (Torres & Sawyer, 2005). Additionally garlic is thought to cure earaches and oranges are thought to cure stomachaches (Trotter, 2001).