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# Ear: approach to complaints

Hearing loss, vertigo, tinnitus, earache and ear discharge.

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## Approach to a complaint

- [**Approach to ear discharge** The look of the discharge, how long it has lasted and the state of the eardrum point to the…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/approach-to-ear-discharge/)
- [**Approach to earache: from the ear or referred** If otoscopy is normal, earache usually comes from elsewhere: the teeth, the jaw joint, the…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/approach-to-earache-from-the-ear-or-referred/)
- [**Approach to hearing loss** Decide whether hearing loss is conductive or sensorineural and whether it is sudden: sudden…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/approach-to-hearing-loss/)
- [**Approach to tinnitus** Tinnitus usually comes with hearing loss; what matters is whether it is one-sided, pulsatile or…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/approach-to-tinnitus/)
- [**Approach to vertigo: peripheral or central** Sort vertigo by duration and trigger; in acute continuous vertigo the HINTS exam separates…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/approach-to-vertigo-peripheral-or-central/)

## Topic

- [**Complications of otitis media: from mastoiditis to brain abscess** Ear infections can spread to bone, inner ear, facial nerve, veins and brain; fever, headache or…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/complications-of-otitis-media-from-mastoiditis-to-brain-abscess/)
- [**External ear problems: wax, otomycosis, furuncle, perichondritis, exostoses and keratosis obturans** Most outer-ear problems are wax, infection or bony growths; each has a clue on otoscopy and a…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/external-ear-problems-wax-otomycosis-furuncle-perichondritis-exostoses-and-kerat/)
- [**Other causes of vertigo: vestibular migraine, PPPD, perilymph fistula, canal dehiscence and motion sickness** Beyond BPPV, neuritis and Ménière, vertigo can come from migraine, chronic functional dizziness…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/other-causes-of-vertigo-vestibular-migraine-pppd-perilymph-fistula-canal-dehisce/)

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