Case 4 (Ear)

Question 1

What drugs are used to treat otitis media?

Answer 1

Amoxicillin (antibiotics)

Question 2

What is the treatment for otitis media with effusion?

Answer 2

• antibiotics (amoxicillin)
• grommets/T-tubes/ventilation tube

Question 3

What is a grommet/tympanostomy tube?

Answer 3

Tube that is inserted into the tympanic membrane to ventilate the middle ear cavity due to the eustachian tube being blocked by effusion

Grommets are extruded from tympanic membrane as it heals (6 months - 2 years)

Question 4

Is a grommet permanent?

Answer 4

No, usually last 6months - 2yrs

They extrude from the tympanic membrane as it heals

Question 5

What treatments are used in conductive hearing loss?

Answer 5

• antibiotics (if caused by infection)
• cochlear implant
• hearing aid

Question 6

What treatments are used in sensorineural hearing loss?

Answer 6

• hearing aid
• cochlear implant

Question 7

How can a low salt diet help Ménière’s disease/vertigo?

Answer 7

High levels of salt (sodium) draws fluid in which increases pressure and disrupts equilibrium in ear