Ruptured Eardrum
While a middle ear infection can usually cause a ruptured eardrum, it can also be vice versa. When the eardrum, also known as the tympanic membrane, bursts, it will leave a small hole or tear. The thin tissue known as the tympanic membrane separates the outer ear canal from the middle ear.
When sound waves enter your ear, this membrane starts to vibrate. As it passes through the middle ear bones, the vibration keeps going. Since this vibration is necessary for hearing, eardrum injury may impair your ability to hear.
The rupture of the eardrum is also known as a perforated eardrum. Rarely, this disorder may result in irreversible hearing loss. The development of fluid in the middle ear, frequently due to an infection, can pressure the eardrum and cause it to rupture. Ear injuries or trauma from a foreign thing also cause this. As a result, there is draining fluid or pus.
Other symptoms of this illness include sudden, severe earache, ear buzz, dizziness, alterations in hearing, and sinus or eye infections. In most cases, an eardrum rupture heals on its own. However, if the rupture doesn’t heal, your doctor can advise surgery to correct it.
