tympanic membrane signs and associated symptoms

Question 1

bulging w/ no mobility

Answer 1

middle ear effusion. why? buildup of pus or fluid

Question 2

retracted w/ no mobility

Answer 2

obstruction of eustachian tube. ear effusion may or may not be present

Question 3

mobility w/ negative pressure only

Answer 3

obstruction of eustachian tube. ear effusion may or may not be present

Question 4

obstruction of eustachian tube. ear effusion may or may not be present

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Answer 4

either retracted w/ no mobility

or

mobility w/ neg pressure only

Question 5

excess mobility in small areas

Answer 5

healed perforation or an atrophic tympanic membrane

Question 6

amber or yellow color

Answer 6

serous fluid in middle ear (air bubbles common too)

Question 7

blue or deep red

Answer 7

blood in middle ear

Question 8

chalky white

Answer 8

infection in middle ear (can also be red)

Question 9

redness

Answer 9

infection in middle ear (can also be white) or prolonged crying

Question 10

dullness

Answer 10

fibrosis

Question 11

white flecks, dense white plaques

Answer 11

healed inflammation. you’d think it’d be maybe fibrosis, but nah fibrosis =dullness

Question 12

air bubbles suggest

Answer 12

serious fluid in middle ear (sidenote: also common to see a amber/yellow tympanic membrane)