At Charlottenlund Private Hospital we can quickly and effectively relieve ear pain in children and adults!
Earaches can affect both children and adults, and the pain from the ear can be very severe - in fact, earaches can be just as severe as pain from, for example, a tooth abscess and other similar very painful conditions.
Pain in and from the ear is most often caused by infectious diseases in either the middle ear or the ear canal. Severe ear pain is always a signal that something is wrong and should always lead to medical contact - preferably with a specialist. As a patient, you often first contact your own doctor, but in fact you should instead contact a specialist directly, as the ear cannot be fully examined without both specialist training and special instruments such as ear microscopes, ear instruments and suction, which are not available from your own doctor. This is also the reason why you do not need a referral to see a specialist in ear, nose and throat diseases.
Unfortunately, public ear, nose and throat clinics often have very long waiting times, which can make it difficult to get to, even if you suffer from an acutely treatable and even painful condition. Many therefore choose to use private health insurance or apply as a private payer at Charlottenlund Privathospital, in order to get quick access to competent specialist medical care.
At Charlottenlund Private Hospital we always have emergency hours. We have many permanent specialists who are ready to treat both children and adults with ear pain. We offer treatment from Denmark's leading ear, nose and throat doctors and at Charlottenlund Private Hospital we treat a wide range of ear disorders daily. Regardless of whether you need an examination or emergency treatment, you can always get quick help from us.
We receive both
private patients and patients through private health
insurance.
Choose Charlottenlund Private Hospital with confidence for treatment of ear pain and ear discomfort.
Our ear, nose and throat doctors have many years of experience in treating various types of acute ear disorders such as otitis externa (inflammation of the outer ear canal that typically occurs after pool holidays abroad), otitis media in children and adults and many other painful disorders - and all the specialists are updated with the latest knowledge and practice in the field through ongoing further education. In this way, we ensure that we can always offer the best treatment.
We always ensure that you create a safe space for your child and with both an operating room and anesthesia available every day, we can always offer rapid emergency procedures under both local anesthesia and general anesthesia.
Contact us if you would like an assessment or an emergency appointment for treatment of ear pain and acute ear disorders at Charlottenlund Private Hospital.
What causes ear pain?
Ear pain can be very severe and extremely disabling.
Acute otitis media
- is an infection of the middle ear, where inflammation forms and accumulates behind the eardrum and causes severe pressure on it. When the specialist looks in, there is no doubt - the eardrum is bright red, you can see yellow pus in the middle ear and the eardrum is almost inflated and about to burst. The condition is extremely painful.
External otitis - another very painful condition
- is inflammation of the outer ear canal. This is typically seen in the summer months, when bacteria from, for example, dirty water in a swimming pool can cause inflammation of the ear canal. When the skin in the ear canal swells up, it closes off, causing severe pain - the pain can be so severe that you have to take morphine to relieve the pain.
How the survey is conducted:
How to be examined when you have pain
The examination always starts with a thorough examination of the ears, which often includes a hearing test. The hearing test is not so much done to find out whether the hearing is good or bad, but more to determine where the problem that is causing the pain is located.
The hearing test is therefore always indicated regardless of whether you actually think you have hearing loss or not, as the hearing test is one of the pieces that the specialist uses to gather the threads and form an overview of the function of the ear and where the disease is located.
Using a large ceiling-mounted microscope, the specialist examines whether the pain is due to otitis media, foreign bodies in the ear canal or something completely different, until the cause of the pain is determined.
If you want to know more about the ear, you can read more about the structure of the ear at sundhed.dk
Treatment of the condition
After a thorough examination, the specialist will advise you on which treatment you should have and what it entails.
In some cases, the treatment will consist of antibiotics and painkillers, others will need to have a drain inserted, while others will need to have the ear canal cleaned out and perhaps treated with a meche in the ear canal. The treatment varies from patient to patient - but the important thing is that you are in the hands of an experienced specialist who can with great certainty start the correct treatment quickly.
We take our time so that you feel well informed throughout the process, and we always inform you about any discomfort in connection with the treatment so that this does not come as a surprise.