Patient's question:
How is inner ear fluid treated?Doctor's answer:
Consider the treatment of secretory otitis media:1. The treatment principle is to improve middle ear ventilation, drain middle ear effusion, and treat the underlying cause.
2. To facilitate eustachian tube ventilation, nasal drops such as phenylephrine can be used. However, in the acute phase, do not blow the nose forcefully. In the chronic phase, treatments like eustachian tube blowing can be applied.
3. Patients with unilateral symptoms, headache, or nasal bleeding, as well as those with neck masses, should seek medical attention promptly to rule out the possibility of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
4. Actively treat nasal or nasopharyngeal diseases: For example, if there is adenoid hypertrophy, an adenoidectomy should be performed. If the posterior part of the inferior turbinate is enlarged, a partial posterior inferior turbinate resection may be necessary.
5. In the acute phase, antibiotics can be selected to prevent or control infection. Dexamethasone or prednisone can be taken orally for short-term treatment.