Post-auricular mastoid edema

Introduction Post-auricular mastoid edema is a clinical symptom of acute suppurative mastoiditis. There is a continuous mucosal phase between the middle ear mastoids, and there is an inflammatory reaction in the mastoid mucosa after the middle ear purulent infection. The initial stage is catarrhal, the mastoid area may have mild tenderness, the perforation of the tympanic membrane is pus, the mastoid The inflammatory response disappears. If the drainage is not smooth, or type III pneumococcal infection, the toxicity is very strong, destroying the bone, so that the mastoid small mucosa edema, hemorrhage, necrosis, it becomes acute suppurative mastoiditis, actually the follow-up of acute otitis media It should be called acute suppurative otitis media.

Cause

Acute mastoiditis is actually a follow-up of acute otitis media, so it is often called acute suppurative otitis media. It is also believed that acute suppurative mastoiditis is one of the complications of acute suppurative otitis media. The pathogenic bacteria of this disease are most common with Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

It is widely found in nature and is a common bacterial infection in wounds. Can cause purulent lesions.

an examination

Can check blood, pus bacterial culture plus drug sensitivity. Thin slices of papillary plain and tibia help to confirm the diagnosis.

Differential diagnosis

Acute mastoiditis should also be differentiated from external auditory canal and post-auricular soft tissue inflammatory diseases.

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