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Will preauricular sinus cause fever?
Query: Hello doctor, I have fever and leg pain since last night. I had preauricular sinus infection pus drainage three weeks back. I was on different antibiotics for the last 45 days. Taxim O, Centil, Augmentin, and Lizobact 600. I stopped taking them two days back. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have gone through your query. As per your query, you have taken multiple antibiotics for a long time which is not good. I need to know whether you have done a culture sensitivity test for the pus draining out of the sinus or not, because if you take antibiotics acc... Read Full »
What causes smelly discharge in the preauricular pit?
Query: Hello doctor, My nephew is 7 years old. For the last three months, he is suffering from a recurring infection of preauricular sinus on his right ear. His right ear has a small hole since birth. But no infection was there since birth. All started three months back. IV and oral antibiotic of Augmentin... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Give him Linezolid as per his weight. It is sensitive in your culture sensitivity report and it is safe in the pediatric population. Once the infection resolves, do a fistulogram study and plan for operation for a permanent cure. It is a developmental anomaly and needs ... Read Full »
Please suggest the treatment for swollen painful preauricular tips.
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 21-year-old female. I have preauricular pits, that have drained smelly discharge ever since I was born. I have them in both ears. The right does not drain often. The left drains every day more than once a day. The left has become really swollen and painful recently. I am not su... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Let me answer your query in parts. It is a developmental anomaly, a branchial cleft anomaly. Once we remove the whole sinus tract, it does not recur. To see till where it extends one must do a fistulogram scan. When infected we do not do surgery. We do culture sensitivi... Read Full »
Can you please suggest antibiotics to heal from periauricular sinus infection completely?
Query: Hello doctor, I have a preauricular sinus on my left ear. It has not really caused any problems, until recently when I started experiencing recurrent infections. During the first infection, I took Ornilox, and it really worked. However, with subsequent infections, it has not really helped. Can you p... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. To find the most appropriate antibiotic, you can take a swab of the discharge from the sinus and send it for a culture sensitivity. That will reveal the microorganism and also the antibiotics it is sensitive and resistant to. Based on that information, we can institute... Read Full »
How is preauricular sinus infection treated?
Query: Hello doctor, My son has a preauricular sinus infection for almost 24 days now. He is taking antibiotics regularly, but the infection is still there. Pus is getting produced on a daily basis. Twice the doctor brought out pus through a syringe. He also made a cut to drain the pus, and then he made th... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. A preauricular sinus is a tract that opens outside through a punctum and it is lined by epithelium. Imagine a very small tube lined by epithelium which produces skin over it and debris. With time the debris gets accumulated provides a nidus for bacterial growth and bec... Read Full »