Evaluation and Treatment of the Incidence of Otomycosis in Patients Visiting the ENT Clinic
Keywords:
Otomycosis, Symptoms, Fungal species, Aspergillus Niger, Candida albicansAbstract
Otomycosis is a fungal infection of the outer ear that causes more than 9% of external otitis, and 80% of cases are caused by Aspergillus. This study aimed to analyse and assess outcomes related to patients with otomycosis during visits to the ENT clinic. The current study conducted a comprehensive evaluation of patients with otomycosis, which include 110 who underwent treatment during the first and second visits to the ear, nose, and throat clinic, which lasted 30 days. The clinical results of the patients were collected before and after treatment, which included medications associated with the treatment of otomycosis, which included both betadine and clotrimazole, which lasted 30 days during the first and second visits. This study evaluated patients with otomycosis before and after treatment in terms of the severity of symptoms, degree of pain, and patient’s quality of life. This study recorded the results of patients with otomycosis, which showed that patients between the ages of 40 and 49 had the highest rate of 36.36%. The most common symptoms are itching, which included 77 patients, and pain, which included 22 patients. The reasons that make patients more they are susceptible to otomycosis as 33 patients were infected as a result of using a hearing aid, 28 patients were infected as a result of water entering the ear, and 20 patients were infected as a result of using a hearing aid. In the presence of oil in the ear, 14 patients responded to betadine treatment, and ten patients responded to clotrimazole treatment in the first visit period. We also found that 87 patients responded to betadine treatment, and 97 patients responded to clotrimazole treatment in the second visit period. We evaluated symptom severity in patients with otomycosis, where the symptom score was 89.10 ± 4.25 at the first visit and 11.79 ± 2.58 at the second visit. Our study confirmed that the treatments betadine and clotrimazole demonstrate the effectiveness of their therapeutic effects on patients with otomycosis.
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