Otitis Externa While Using Hearing Aids Posted: 05-10-05 12:58pm
My wife paula has had an ongoing outer ear
infection for the better part of 7 weeks.
She has almost completed her second round
of progressively stronger ear drops/oral
medication. Her condition has not
improved and in fact has begun to spread
to the other ear. Her problem is
compounded by the fact that she wears
hearing aids full time, although she has
not been able to wear one of them since
taking ear drops due to the fact that the
problem immediately re-occurs. Her
symptoms are "weeping" of fluid from the
ear, dry and cracked skin on the outer
ear, lump inside the ear, and itching and
soreness. Does anyone have any
recommendations for medication/treatment
that may be effective? We are at a loss
as the current treatments, while likely
effective for the average person, are not
helping. Thank you very much in advance
for your reply!
