Comments on: Physical Exam: Ear, Ear

By: siddhartha

siddhartha — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:12:38 +0000

sir, last day i have met aserious problem that my ear drum becamr ruptured so wat do u think that it can be reform or not …..please reply me soon i am very afraid from that

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:36:49 +0000

Thanks for breaking up a bit of the monotony on my quest to find the correct term for one of my transcription assignments. Although I didn’t find my answer, your blog made me giggle and I will definitely bookmark this site for future “studying”. I only wish you wrote the rest of my MT books!

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:48:20 +0000

It would not bother me at all. I would check it myself. If she is right, then all the better. If not, then I would only ask that she would trust my eyes over hers.

By: Leah

Leah — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:13:26 +0000

So how you would feel if a mother came and said “I looked in his ears and something isn’t right?” Would you be surprised, irritated, annoyed? by a mother wielding a ear-look thingy? I do this – I know normal anatomy on my kids and when something doesn’t look right…I drag ‘em in. But I never ADMIT this to the Ped. It’s not like I actually DO anything but LOOK…right?

I also have a pulse oximeter…which does raise eyebrows.

My father is a gadget freak and my sisters had multiple health issues.

By: Orange

Orange — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:16:10 +0000

Enlightening. I wondered what a ruptured eardrum looked like.

My ears were both infected a couple years ago, and the eardrum of one ruptured. Damn, that hurt. I’d never had an ear infection before, even as a child (I’m 35), so I wasn’t sure how long I should wait it out until going to the doctor since I frequently read of the overprescription of antibiotics for ear infections. Turns out I waited too long, though I had planned on giving it another week. The eardrum ruptured on about day 10 of the infection (well, on day 10 of ear pain). Unpleasant and oozy. So I went to the doctor the next day, got some antibiotics (which thankfully cleared up the infection quickly; oh how I love antibiotics) and the eardrum healed. All is well. If I ever get another ear infection, though, I’m definitely going to the doctor if it hits day 7 without seeming to go away.

By: GingerB

GingerB — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:15:15 +0000

I had two children with constant ear infection problems. The pediatrician let me look through the ear-thingy sometimes and I could never make heads or tails of what I saw — it all looked red to me.

I always felt like I got my co-pay worth on those visits because deciphering what was seen clearly required skill!

By: Alison Cummins

Alison Cummins — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:14:08 +0000

Eustachian.