The Rupture of Eardrum

The ear consists of many small parts but could be divided into three major parts: The outer ear; the middle ear and the inner ear. The eardrum is a thin membrane that separates your ear canal

from the middle ear. The eardrum is involved in hearing. Sometimes, some people might suffer from eardrum rapture. The eardrum rapture is a hole or tears in the thin tissue that separates your ear canal from your middle ear (eardrum). A ruptured eardrum can result in hearing loss. It can also make your middle ear vulnerable to infections.

AEPO’s writer/producer has talked to some people suffering from the ruptured eardrum and a physician about this disease.

A father from Laghman province says, “My infant was suffering from earache. Now he is five years old and he has lost his sense of hearing.”

A mother, a resident Qarabagh district, Kabul province says, “My one-year-old baby was suffering from earache. When I take him to the doctor, he diagnosed that his eardrum has torn.”

Doctor Sayed Amin Wardak, an ear, nose, and throat specialist at Indira Gandhi children’s Hospital in Kabul city says, “There are two types of ear pain, acute and chronic. Acute has four stages, i.e. in the first stage, the patient is suffering from severe pain, and sometimes the patient may experience vomiting and heartburn. In the second stage, in addition to the deviations, there is whiteness in the eardrum, and then in the third stage, the pus comes out of the ear and it might cause permanent deafness.”

What do people think about the causes of ruptured eardrum?

A mother from Qarabagh district says, “I had entered a matches stick into his ear and when I pushed it out, some blood came from his ear and the doctor said that his eardrum has torn.”

Wahid, a resident of Kabul city says, “One of my friends hit a fist on the ear of my other friend and he lost his hear sense.”

Doctor Wardak says, “There are many causes for a ruptured eardrum. It can be ruptured by a blow to the eardrum, which can transmit blood through the bloodstream, persistent sinusitis, inflammation and the appearance of pus, and breastfeeding babies while asleep, listening to too high voices or inserting sharp objects into the ears could also cause a ruptured eardrum.”

How do people prevent ruptured eardrum?

A mother from Kabul city says, “I informed my children to not enter sharp things in their ear and when I get angry, I avoid hitting on their ear.”

Wahid, another resident of Kabul city says, “When I play with friends, I always ask them to not blow on the nose, face, and ear.”

Doctor Wardak adds, T mother should avoid breastfeeding and giving any kind of liquids to her baby in lying down position; she should lift her baby's head, try not to use sharp objects to scratch her/his ears, treat sinusitis and other contagious diseases and avoid children to blow on the ear.”