Eustachian tube dysfunction treatment
- how is eustachian tube dysfunction diagnosed
- how is eustachian tube dysfunction treated
- how is patulous eustachian tube dysfunction diagnosed
- how is chronic eustachian tube dysfunction treated
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INTRODUCTION
The middle ear is an air-filled chamber within the skull that is periodically vented when the Eustachian tube (ET) opens.
Chronic eustachian tube dysfunction symptoms
Middle ear disease may be due, at least in part, to failure or inadequacy of ET function.
A normally functioning ET ventilates the middle ear space, allows drainage of middle ear secretions, and protects the middle ear from sound and the reflux of nasopharyngeal contents [1].
ET dysfunction represents a spectrum of disease ranging from obstructive dysfunction, in which there is failure to open to provide adequate ventilation to the middle ear, to the opposite extreme, patulous dysfunction, in which there is failure of the ET to close.
It has become increasingly clear that the underlying pathophysiology that causes ET dysfunction may lead to either obstructive or patulous pathology, and that patients may move back and forth on this spectrum, creating difficulties in diagnosis and appropriate treatment; careful evaluation is necessary to make the correct diagnosis.
This topic will discuss the pathophysiology, evaluation, and treatment of ET dysfun
- how can eustachian tube dysfunction be diagnosed
- how does a doctor diagnose eustachian tube dysfunction