
Having Pain In Ear. Not Cured By Medicine. Diagnosed With Burst Ear Drum. Any Advice?

On the basis of information provided it appears that you have wax in ear which obscured the view of tympanic membrane on your first visit.
Tympanic membrane seperates external ear from middle ear. Middle ear is connected to throat via a tube called eustachian tube. It there is infection in throat or nose it can easily involve middle ear and can cause infection in ear.This condition is called as acute otitis media.This can lead to rupture of drum.
Pain in ear can be because of wax in ear and acute otitis media. Possibly in your case you had both these problems simultaneously. On first visit examination of drum(tympanic membrane) was not possible because of wax. In second visit you were using wax softner ear drops so the wax has melted you had continuous discharge from ear when you were using ear drops. As the wax disappeared tympanic membrane was visible.
Medical treatment with an antibiotic, analgesic and antiinflammatory drug has pretty good result in acute otitis media. I would advise you to continue treatment and avoid entry of water in ear. Most of the times it resolves with this only.
I hope this answers your concerns. Feel free to contact me if you want further information about it
With regards
Ravinder Sharma
Professor ENT & Head and Neck Surgery

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