اوتیتیس اکسترنا
Sign in to saveAlso known as external otitis, swimmer's ear, Outer Ear Infection, External Ear Infection, Otitis externa, Infectious Otitis Externa
inflammation of the outer ear and ear canal.
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Vinony's link graph records 116 inbound references to اوتیتیس اکسترنا, and connects out to allergy, eardrum and dermatitis.
Vinony files it under Bacterium-related cutaneous conditions, Diseases of external ear and Otitis.
Vinony links it to 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Other names
- External otitis, swimmer's ear
- Specialty
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Symptoms
- Ear pain , swelling of the ear canal, decreased hearing , difficulty chewing
- Types
- Acute, chronic
- Causes
- Bacterial infection , allergies , autoimmune disorders
- Risk factors
- Swimming, minor trauma from cleaning, using hearing aids or ear plugs, diabetes , psoriasis , dermatitis
- Diagnostic method
- Based on symptoms, microbial culture
- Differential diagnosis
- Perichondritis
- Prevention
- Acetic acid ear drops
- Treatment
- Antibiotic drops such as ofloxacin , acetic acid
- Frequency
- ~2% of people a year
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
3,824 papers- Malignant otitis externa: An updated review.American journal of otolaryngology · 2021
- [Otitis externa].MMW Fortschritte der Medizin · 2019
- Otitis externa.Primary care · 2014
- Otitides: Acute and Chronic Otitis Media and Externa.Primary care · 2025
- Otitis externa.Otolaryngologic clinics of North America · 1996
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- symptom or sign
- Subclass of
- disease
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- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C3299
- Commons category
- Otitis externa
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:9463
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- finafloxacin
- health specialty
- otolaryngology
- ICD-9-CM
- 380.1
- ICPC 2 ID
- H70
- studied by
- audiology
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