Swimmers Ear

Swimmer's ear is usually an infection from the surface ear canal, which usually extends from the eardrum to the beyond the head.

The symptoms are itching inside ear, a foul-smelling, becomes yellowish release from your ear, Decreased hearing. Acidic solution, Steroid, antibiotics, for pain antipyrine and benzocaine otic solution, for bacterial infection neomycin and polymyxin B sulfates and hydrocortisone otic ear drops.

Annual estimates of ambulatory care visits varied from 1,728,824 to 2,685,861, with no significant difference by year (p=0.19). Children aged 5--9 and 10--14 years had the highest annual visit rates. 52.8% of visits occurred among adults aged ≥20 years