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How To Treat Prolonged Perforated Ear Drum ?

Perforated ear drum for about a year. On and off fluid and pressure but more fluid and pressure recently. Used to play water sports which I believe began the problem but I have not been going underwater for some time and their is still pressure and discharge and my ear is still perforated. Yellowish discharge which I believe is possibly pus or just white blood cells killing off the bacteria. I drink a lot of green tea and I smoke marijuana.
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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hello, thanks for your query, ear drum perforation with active discharge on & off since 1yr ,reactivating with swimming, water per ear(bath) , common cold and smoking suggestive of chronic ear infection should be evaluated for cholestatom( bone eroding disease) by otoendoscopy, ct temporal bone and audiometry. u may require surgery. kindly evaluate with ent surgeon for farther evaluation and treatment. all the best. take care.
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How To Treat Prolonged Perforated Ear Drum ?

hello, thanks for your query, ear drum perforation with active discharge on & off since 1yr ,reactivating with swimming, water per ear(bath) , common cold and smoking suggestive of chronic ear infection should be evaluated for cholestatom( bone eroding disease) by otoendoscopy, ct temporal bone and audiometry. u may require surgery. kindly evaluate with ent surgeon for farther evaluation and treatment. all the best. take care.