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History taking in ear diseases
1.
2. Otorhinolaryngology
Oto – Ear
Rhino – Nose
Laryngo – Larynx (Throat)
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Both Medical and Surgical field (10%)
All age groups
Patience and practice – narrow dark cavities
3. Listen – Heart of good history taking
Patience with open mind
Observe/vigilant
Relatives
Opening greetings – Patient at ease
Good eye contact
Patient’s own language
Remember – patient too assesses you
4. Name
Age
Sex
Religion
Social status
Occupation
Residential address
Chief Complaints
History of presenting illness
Past History; Drug History, Treatment History, Allergy
History
Personal History
Family History
Immunisation History
5. NAME psychological benefit
Mr, Mrs , Miss, Shri , Smt
AGE Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma
Cancers, Presbycusis
SEX Thyroid – F,Larynx ca –M,cracked
voice-M
RELIGION Ca Penis – X Jews, Muslims-
circumcision
Social Status high, low - CSOM
Occupation Allergies, Ca,voice disorders-
singers, NIHL
Address nasopharynx ca,
rhinoscleroma,Peptic ulcers
6. In patient’s own words
2-3 chief complaints
Chronological order as they occur
according to severity
Duration Short with pain - acute inflammatory
Long without pain – neoplastic
Long with slight pain – chronic inflamm
Long with severe pain – malignant
7. Mode of onset – sudden, gradual
U/L or B/L. U/L – side, B/L – worse side
Duration
Progress – slow , rapid, increasing, declining or
CONSTANT
Continous or intermittent/fluctuating (duration)
Factors aggravating or relieving/preceding
events
Treatment since when and where
How it has impacted life style
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12. Pain in and around the ear
Etiology
Primary otalgia – local causes – inflammation,
trauma, neoplasm affecting external and middle
ear, inner ear – no pain
Auricle – perichondritis, trauma
EAC – furuncle, impacted wax, acute otitis
externa, FB, otomycosis, neoplasm, myringitis
Middle ear – ASOM, cholesteatoma, mastoiditis,
ET obstruction, malignancy, CSOM- no pain
unless otitis externa, intra cranial complications
of CSOM
Barotrauma- due to flying or scuba diving
13. Secondary otalgia
Referred pain to ear from other regions of head
and neck – common nerve supply
V CN – Auriculo temporal branch of mandibular
nerve – anterior part of pinna, TM, EAC –
referred from dental, oral cavity, salivary glands,
nose, PNS, TM joint, face, parotid
VII CN – branch of facial nerve –skin of concha,
anti helix, lobule, post EAC – referred in bell’s
palsy, herpes zoster infection
IX CN – Jacobson’s nerve – tympanic branch to
middle ear, tympanic plexus, medial part of TM –
referred from nasopharynx, oropharynx, tonsil,
soft palate, styloid process, ET, mastoid
14. X CN – arnold nerve- auricular branch of vagus
nerve – inferior part of TM, EAC, external ear,
concha – referred from vallecula, larynx,
laryngopharynx, oesophagus, thyroid, CAD, GERD
C2, C3 (cervical plexus) – greater auricular and
lesser occipital nerve- post auricular region –
cervical arthritis, spondylosis, injury to cervical
spine, TB spine
RT, LT, B/L
Onset – sudden – furuncle, ASOM, trauma,
gradual- otitis externa due to CSOM, malignant
otitis externa, malignancy
15. Duration – short – ASOM, perichondritis long –
malignancy
Nature – dull – impacted wax, secretory otitis
media, eczematous otitis externa, sharp –
furuncle throbbing – ASOM
Location – front of ear – furuncle, deep in ear –
middle ear pathology, behind ear – mastoiditis,
lymphadenitis, below ear – ET pathology
Aggravating and relieving factors
Relieved on discharge from ear – ASOM, increase
on swallowing – ASOM, increase on yawning,
chewing – furuncle, increase on pulling pinna
and pressing tragus – acute otitis externa
16. Associated factors
Tinnitus present – acoustic neuroma
Itching present – otomycosis
Association with ear discharge, hearing loss
Past history – trauma, ear surgery
Psychogenic
More on exertion and left side pain – CAD
Pain is always more on lying down – increased
blood supply- primary otalgia
Costen’s syndrome – pain due to TM joint
abnormality – defective bite – associated with
tinnitus, vertigo, blocked sensation
17. Hard of hearing – if hearing loss can improve on
treatment
Deaf – very severe or profound with little or no
residual hearing
Rt/Lt/bilateral
Unilateral – CSOM, Acoustic neuroma, mumps
Bilateral – presbycusis, meniere’s disease,
otosclerosis, noise induced
Onset – sudden – wax, viral deafness, ASOM,
traumatic perforation, head injury, blast injury,
vascular causes, acoustic trauma, labyrinthitis
Gradual/insidious – CSOM, OME, otosclerosis,
NIHL, presbycusis, acoustic neuroma
18. Type – conductive – defect in external and
middle ear, SNHL – defect in inner ear or VIII CN,
mixed
Progress – stable – CSOM TTD (non discharging),
perforated TM
Progressive – CSOM AAD,CSOM TTD discharging,
otosclerosis, meniere’s disease, acoustic
neuroma, presbycusis
Fluctuating – meniere’s disease, secretory otitis
media
Degree – mild – diseases of EAC like wax, FB,
mild to moderate – diseases of middle ear, mild
to profound – inner ear diseases
19. Duration – since birth – genetic, prenatal drugs,
maternal infections, prolonged labour, infancy
infections like mumps, measles, meningitis
Recent – trauma, inflammation, neoplasm,
vascular
Childhood – ASOM, OME, young adults –
otosclerosis, old age – presbycusis
Family history – otosclerosis, meniere’s disease
Drug history – ototoxic drugs like
aminoglycoside, quinine, salicylates, cytotoxic
drugs
Occupational history – noisy enviroment
Trauma, viral fever, psychogenic
20. Diplacusis – different pitch in both ears –
meniere’s disease
Paracusis Willisi – hears better in noisy
surroundings – otosclerosis
Hears better in quiet place – SNHL
Autophony – hears own voice louder – serous
otitis media, patulous ET
Hyperacusis/ phonophobia – increased or painful
sensitivity to everyday sound that wont trouble
normal person – stapedius muscle paralysis,
congenital syphilis
Recruitment – cant hear at normal intensity but
slight increase in intensity leads to discomfort –
cochlear pathology
21. Perception of auditory sensation/sound ringing
or noise with no external stimuli
33% population
Classification
Subjective tinnitus – only perceived by patient,
Mainly psychogenic/functional, more common
Objective tinnitus – perceived by patient as well
as examiner. Seen in chronic contractions of
palatal or tympanic muscles, live insects in ear,
intracranial vascular tumours, patulous ET, AV
malformations, clicking TM joint
22. Pulsatile tinnitus – non continous –
idiopathic, non vascular causes like
myoclonus, neoplasm, TM joint disease,
vascular causes like HTN, atherosclerosis,
otosclerosis, glomus tumour, anaemia,
pregnancy, exercise
Non pulsatile tinnitus – continous – with
hearing loss seen in wax, FB, otitis media,
otosclerosis, noise exposure, presbycusis,
meniere’s disease, acoustic neuroma
Without hearing loss – psychogenic,
idiopathic, migraine
23. Site – ear/head
Unilateral or bilateral
Duration – short – middle ear disease, long –
inner ear disease like ototoxicity, meniere’s
disease
Severity
Fluctuant – meniere’s disease
Past history – head injury, ear surgery, drug
intake, noise exposure
Aggravated by smoking – inner ear pathology
Aggravated by yawning, blowing – ET dysfunction
Relieved by putting pressure on side of neck –
vascular cause
24. Associated with hearing loss – ear disease
Tinnitus is first symptom of salicylate
poisoning
Auditory hallucination – in psychiatric
patients – hear voices and sounds like music
25. Sensation of rotation of surrounding enviroment
with respect to person or person with respect to
surrounding. Disturbance of equilibrium or
movements
Associated with LOC – central cause, not
associated – peripheral cause – inner ear
Associated with loss of hearing – labyrinthitis,
meniere’s disease, acoustic neuroma (U/L)
Associated with discharging ear – labyrinthitis
secondary to ASOM, CSOM
Sudden onset – ear pathology
Associated with posture – BPPV
Associated with URTI – viral labyrinthitis
26. Duration – 6 weeks or longer – labyrinthitis, 24
minutes to 24 hours – meniere’s disease, few
seconds several times a day – BPPV
Otological causes – furuncle, wax due to
stimulation of vagus nerve, ET catarrh due to
negative pressure in middle ear, surgical trauma
to inner ear due to mastoidectomy,
stapedectomy, labyrinthitis, mumps, measles,
meningitis, ototoxic drugs like streptomycin
Outside ear causes – cervical pathology,CVS –
HTN, hypotension, CNS – tumours, head injury,
metabolic – DM, Hypothyroidism, anaemia
Functional or idiopathic
27. Drugs like sedatives, antibiotics, anti
hypertensives, aspirin
Tullio’s phenomenon – very loud sound
causes vertigo – seen in patients with
labyrinthine fistula or those underwent
fenestration operation
Perilymph fistula- coughing and sneezing
causes vertigo – due to rupture of round
window (barotrauma) or at oval window due
to stapedectomy
28. Fungal infection – otomycosis
Allergy
Wax
Dermatitis
BLOCKED EAR/ EAR FULLNESS
Wax/ FB
ET blockage/dysfunction – due to URTI –
aggravated on lying down
Patulous ET – disappears on lying down or alters
with position of head
Meniere’s disease – pressure in ear
29. Pedunculated mass in EAC arising from EAC
or middle ear, associated with ear discharge,
hearing loss and pain in ear
Can bleed
Etiology
EAC – furuncle, trauma, FB, granuloma
CSOM TTD/AAD
Glomus tumour – red polyp which easily
bleeds
30. COMPLICATIONS OF CSOM
Fever – high grade
Headache – severe and deep seated
Nausea and vomiting – labyrinthitis,
complications of CSOM, Meniere’s disease
Convulsions
Diplopia
Cervico facial pain
Facial nerve palsy – idiopathic (bell’s palsy),
complications of ASOM/CSOM
Post aural swelling - mastoiditis
31. Nasal complaints like nasal obstruction,
discharge, post nasal discharge
Throat complaints like irritation, dysphagia,
change in voice
Allergy and bronchial asthma – ET
dysfunction, serous otitis media
DM – Malignant otitis externa, sudden SNHL
HTN – Sudden SNHL
Radiation – SNHL
Mumps, measles, chicken pox – SNHL
Anti thyroid drugs - giddiness
32. Treatment for the same illness in the past or
any other illness
Diabetes, HTN, TB, Asthma and allergies, HIV,
HBV, syphilis, radiation exposure
Surgeries - ear, hospital admissions, Trauma
Deliveries and pregnancies
Drug history- at present or past- steroids,
insulin, ocp, anti hypertensives, nasal
decongestants, ototoxic drugs
Allergy history – drugs or diet or allergen
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33. Life style – exercise, sedentary, hygiene
Food habits – regular-irregular, spicy-non
spicy, nonveg- veg, excess tea or coffee
Work place – noisy enviroment
Home – dampness, pets, hobbies
Alcohol, Tobacco – quantity, quality
Sexual life
Bladder & Bowel habits
Menstrual history
34. Enquire about parents, siblings and children
h/o similar illness in family
Familial diseases like Peptic ulcer, cancers,
allergies, diabetes and HTN, otosclerosis,
deaf mutism, meniere’s disease
Consanguinous marriage
Infectious diseases- by contact – TB , acute
infections
35. Children – immunisation schedule
OBSTETRIC HISTORY – early deafness
Ototoxic drugs to mother during 1st trimester
Infections to mother – rubella, mumps
Birth trauma
Post natal jaundice
CONCLUSION OF HISTORY
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