We usually hear tooth decay, but have you ever heard of ear decay?
The ear is made up of three parts: the inner, outer, and middle ear. Ear decay occurs when the temporal bone behind the middle ear dissolves
Keratoma is a chronic and dangerous inflammation of the middle ear and consists of skin cells that grow in a place that is not normal and start to appear as a small bag of the eardrum in the ear in the middle ear for several reasons and this small sac inside the cells grow and grow with time, , And then spread to the rest of the ear, especially to the temporal bones
Karatoma is characterized by:
Slow growth They grow over many years and may give complications after many years of disease 5 – 20 years
The nature of keratoma is characterized by its ability to dissolve surrounding tissues and bones by secreting certain enzymes
An inflammatory mass is full of germs, antibiotic-free, and unresponsive to antibiotics
Infertility is a disease that usually starts from a young age
In some cases it affects both ears
The incidence of inflammation in young adults more than adults due to osteoporosis in children. In adults, the stiffness of the temporal bone reduces the spread of inflammation.
the reasons :
The main cause is a defect in the Astacius channel that connects the middle ear to the nose and balances the air pressure between the outside and inside the ear, and when the closure of the channel, this causes negative pressure in the middle ear. Thus, part of the eardrum will withdraw to the inside bag, and with the blockage of the channel, this bag is formed form and grow up form a mass called keratoma
Symptoms of keraturma
Duran and Dukhan light
A chronic pus is characterized as purulent, prone to yolk and smelly due to conjunctivitis and the quality of germs, and it does not respond to antibiotics regardless of its strength.
Lack of hearing ability due to the volume of keratoma and necrosis of the ear and internal earpieces
Complications
There is swelling and abscess behind the ear
Chronic hole in the ear.
Inflammation of the face and neck and the pus within the membranes of the neck and face.
Cerebral meningitis
Pus and an inflammatory fissure are collected on the cerebral membrane
Dukhan and dizziness due to the injury of crescent ducts responsible for balance in the inner ear.
Vestibular inflammation
Paralysis of the seventh facial nerve
the cure
The only treatment for these cases is surgical intervention only under general anesthesia, which is the cleaning of the temporal bone and there is no role for conservative treatment, and usually gives this process a high success rate, but it requires high skill and surgical experience, not amateur
Preferably early