Medical treatment consists of analgesics (paracetamol, aspirin) forpain relief, antibiotics (drops) or corticosteroids (cortisone). Ifinflammation is severe, antibiotics may be administered orally.
If this a pimple, antibiotics are ineffective. Incision of boils iscontraindicated because of the risk of spreading infection to the auricle. Severe forms require intensive antibiotic therapy, after aneffective antibiotic susceptibility for the election.
Staph infections are sometimes serious. There is a form of otitisexterna "malignant", accompanied by inflammation of the bone at this level. This type of ear infection is the result of an infection withPseudomonas bacillus (Pseudomonas aeruginosa). This type of infection is seen mainly in patients with diabetes, the elderly and in subjects with depressed immune systems (HIV patients). In thiscase we found a leakage of pus from the ear and sometimes atransmission deafness. Frequently, the evolution is towards aparalysis of the face (facial paralysis). Treatment requires patienthospitalization and use of antibiotics (fluoroquinolones).Hospitalization lasts several weeks because the risk ofosteomyelitis is high.
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