What Are the Common Causes of Ear Infection with Discharge?

Ear secretions are diagnosed. A yellowish white debris can be seen in the external auditory canal. It is made by drying the viscous secretions produced by the ear and sebaceous glands of the external auditory canal. Under normal circumstances, these small fragments will gradually be discharged and detached with the movement of the jaw joints such as chewing and mouth opening. If iliac embolism occurs or abnormal fluid flows out of the ear canal, it is a sign of disease.

Ear secretions

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Ear secretions are diagnosed. A yellowish white debris can be seen in the external auditory canal. It is made by drying the viscous secretions produced by the ear and sebaceous glands of the external auditory canal. Under normal circumstances, these small fragments will gradually be discharged and detached with the movement of the jaw joints such as chewing and mouth opening. If iliac embolism occurs or abnormal fluid flows out of the ear canal, it is a sign of disease.

TCM disease name

Ear secretions

Common locations

ear

Common symptoms

Abnormal fluid flow out of the ear canal

Edit: Osamu can see a kind of yellow-white debris in the external auditory canal, which is made by drying the viscous secretions secreted by the ear and sebaceous glands of the external auditory canal. Under normal circumstances, these small fragments will gradually be discharged and detached with the movement of the jaw joints such as chewing and mouth opening. If iliac embolism occurs or abnormal fluid flows out of the ear canal, it is a sign of disease.
Embolism If the gland secretion increases, the secretion is mixed with the exfoliated epithelium in the ear canal and condenses into a dark brown lumps. This is called embolism. Clinically, it can be manifested as different degrees of deafness according to the situation of embolism. Iliac embolism is common in chronic inflammation of the external auditory meatus, which is caused by inflammation that stimulates the glandular glands to increase secretion. In addition, the elderly ear canal is more likely to accumulate because the external ear canal collapses. If the external auditory canal is scarred and narrowed, it may also affect the excretion of the palate. Once thorium embolism occurs, go to the hospital and ask an otologist to help remove hard earwax.
Oily ears If the sacral glands of the external ear canal secrete too much, it can form yellow-brown or tan oily earwax in the external ear canal, also known as fatty ear leak.
The ear canal discharges purulent fluid from the ears, which can be caused by diseases of the middle and external ear canals. Middle ear diseases commonly include acute and chronic suppurative otitis media, mastoiditis, and perforation of the tympanic membrane. The pus is mostly mixed with mucus, and the color is related to the infected bacteria, usually yellow or yellow-green; Pseudomonas aeruginosa appears patina ; Fungal infections can be black or dark brown, or tan. If the purulent ear leak is accompanied by an odor, there may be chronic osteitis or osteomyelitis; if the stench is mixed with desquamation, there may be cholesteatoma. Inflammation of the external auditory canal is usually caused by yellow-green pus or pus outflow, accompanied by swelling behind the ear, ear pain is intensely pulsating, and tenderness is obvious.
Water flowing in the ear If a large amount of thin watery fluid flows out of the ear, it can be seen in traumatic skull fractures and intracranial complications of chronic suppurative otitis media, or after radiotherapy of temporal bone tumors. This is a cerebrospinal fluid ear leak, which is rarely seen clinically.
In-ear bleeding is often caused by traumatic brain and ear injuries. When otitis media has hemorrhagic polyps or granulations, blood may be present in the pus. If ear leakage, pus and blood are mixed, and there is a foul odor, it may be a late-stage malignant tumor of the ear, which is mostly a sign of danger.