BLOOD DISCHARGE FROM EAR – Lust With Life : Health Tips, Beauty Hacks, Medicine, Medical Question Bank, MBBS/ MD Questions https://www.lustwithlife.com Beauty Hacks !!! Medical Question Bank, MBBS/ MD Questions Sat, 13 May 2017 11:42:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.lustwithlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-retina-logo-32x32.png BLOOD DISCHARGE FROM EAR – Lust With Life : Health Tips, Beauty Hacks, Medicine, Medical Question Bank, MBBS/ MD Questions https://www.lustwithlife.com 32 32 EAR DISCHARGE OR OTORRHOEA: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS https://www.lustwithlife.com/ear-discharge-or-otorrhoea-questions-and-answers/ https://www.lustwithlife.com/ear-discharge-or-otorrhoea-questions-and-answers/#respond Sat, 13 May 2017 11:26:26 +0000 http://www.lustwithlife.com/?p=693 Q. WHAT IS OTORRHOEA?

  • It is defined as the discharge from the ear.

Q. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF OTORRHOEA AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENT TYPES?

  1. Serous : Like serum
  2. Serosanguinous : Serum + Blood tinged
  3. Mucoid : Mucin tread seen while suckiing or moping the discharge
  4. Mucopurulent : Mucoid discharge + pus
  5. Purulent : Pus, yellow in colour and may be foul smelling
  6. Watery : Water like
  7. Blood : bright red or dark red

Q. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS WHERE VARIOUS TYPES OF DISCHARGE ARE OCCUR?

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Q. WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF OTORRHOEA ACCORDING TO ANATOMICAL SITES IN EAR?

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Q. HOW DO YOU CONFIRM IF THE WATERY DISCHARGE IS CSF OR NOT?

  • It is assessed by following test:
  1. Halo Sign: Clear halo like ring is formed if CSF discharged if dropped on the filter paper.
  2. Glucose estimation can be done which is > 30 mg/dl
  3. ß2 Transferring band is present on Immunoelectrophoresis. It is the most confirmatory test for CSF otorrhoea.
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