Long flu: Is there a risk of hearing loss?

Listening is OK get lost If not treated properly influenzathe director explained surgical clinic Hearing rehabilitation Mexico General Hospital, Alejandro Espinosa.

“The ears are part of the respiratory tract and are connected to our nasopharynx. They can also become complicated in many cases. If we don’t take adequate care of respiratory treatment and upper respiratory tract infections, we may develop respiratory complications. The ears can be very serious”

. Alejandro Espinosa / Otologist and Director of HGM Hearing Clinic

In respiratory infections, viral infections can cause deafness Everlasting.

“The most complicated thing about a viral infection that affects the ear is the risk of complete loss of hearing, and that the damage is irreversible; however, we are more likely to get a bacterial infection, which can cause gets complicated. The ear is called acute otitis media and most of the time it resolves.”

Alejandro Espinosa / Otologist and Director of HGM Hearing Clinic

but what symptom There are in our ear?

“Hearing loss, tinnitus, a feeling of blocked ears, difficulty hearing, understanding, ear pain, and in more complex cases, possible headaches, possible dizziness, possible facial paralysis, and, I insist, now in more complicated cases cases, so we don’t have to wait until these types of complications arise.”. Alejandro Espinosa / Otologist and Director of HGM Hearing Clinic

Any suggestions?

he expert Recommended to go doctor and consider where appropriate Audiometry with experts Otologist.

“Because of the equipment required, because a lot of times being able to probe the ear properly, be able to clean it, suction it well, it requires very specific equipment that is often not available in first contact offices.”

Alejandro Espinosa / Otologist and Director of HGM Hearing Clinic