F'din il-marda jkun hemm infjammazzjoni tal-kanal ta' barra tal-widna (otitis externa). Meta l-infjammazzjoni tinvolvi t-tanbur din tissejjah otitis media. Il-pazjent l-iktar li jilminta b'ugiegh f'din tal-ahhar u jista' wkoll ikun hemm id-deni. Is-smiegh jista' jonqos, kif ukoll jista' jkun hemm xi tisfija mill-widna.
Fejn is-sintomi jkunu hfief u t-tanbur tal-widna jkun b'sahhtu inhobb naghti kors ta' qtar ghal widnejn. Meta jkun hemm ugiegh qawwi, deni, jew involviment tat-tanbur insib li l-ahjar ghazla tkun dik ta' antibijotici. F'kull kaz ta' otitis nghid lil pazjent ma jxarrabx il-widna ghal tal-anqas gimgha.
Dr A. Cordina
Referenzi
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- Osguthorpe JD, Nielsen DR. Otitis Externa: Review and Clinical Update. Am Fam Physician, November 1, 2006
- Pichichero ME. Acute Otitis Media: Part I. Improving Diagnostic Accuracy. Am Fam Physician,April 1, 2000
- Pichichero ME. Acute Otitis Media: Part II. Treatment in an Era of Increasing Antibiotic Resistance. Am Fam Physician, April 15, 2000