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Running from the Ear.The channel which extends between the throat and the middle ear-the eustachian tube - is important not only because of its value in maintaining the hearing, but also in enabling us to understand some of the diseased conditions which are found in the middle ear, for an inflammation which affects the throat frequently extends through this tube into the middle ear. If the inflammation in the throat be a severe and violent one, such as occurs in scarlet fever and diphtheria, the inflammation in the ear will probably be also a severe one, resulting in the production of considerable matter. If the inflammation in the throat be merely a slow and mild affection-a " catarrh " of the throat - the process which is originated by it in the ear will probably also be a mild affection, which is known by physicians as " catarrh of the middle ear. " A " running from the ear " is almost always caused by an inflammation in the drum of the ear which has resulted in the production of matter. Now, the drum of the ear is a very small cavity, scarcely large enough to hold a bean ; hence it takes but a very small amount of matter to fill this cavity completely. So soon as the drum of the ear is full of matter, considerable pressure is exerted upon the nervous structures situated in the membrane which lines the drum ; for since the matter is confined within the cavity of the drum, it can find room only by pressure upon the walls of that cavity. The result of this pressure is intense pain. This pain becomes agonizing so that the patient cannot sleep nor divert his thoughts for a moment from the torture which he experiences in his ear. After several hours or days of agony, the person experiences sudden relief; the pain ceases almost or quite entirely, and at the same moment there is a gush of matter from the ear. This sudden relief is occasioned by the bursting of the delicate membrane-the membrane of the drum - which has hitherto been sufficiently strong to keep the matter confined within the drum. The opening in the membrane may vary in size and shape, but suffices to permit a free discharge of the matter which would otherwise accumulate in the cavity of the ear. This matter is formed continuously in the drum of the ear and escapes constantly through the opening in the membrane of the drum into the external ear, and finally onto the neck. A running from the ear, therefore, is usually a sign that there has been an inflammation in the drum of the ear which has resulted in the escape of matter through the bursting of the head of the drum. But first, if you want to come back to this web site again, just add it to your bookmarks or favorites now! Then you'll find it easy! Also, please consider sharing our helpful website with your online friends.
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