Prevalencia de la Diabetes Mellitus en los pacientes con otitis externa, Hospital Teodoro Maldonado, Guayaquil durante el periodo 2016 – 2018.

Abstract

Introduction: External otitis is an infectious process of the external auditory canal, in which diabetic patients are especially sensitive due to their immunodepression condition; Despite the fact that external otitis is not a fatal disease, it usually causes significant discomfort to the people who suffer from it, as well as an important economic expense in its monitoring and treatment. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in patients with external otitis. Methodology: This study was quantitative, retrospective, non-experimental, with a longitudinal observational design. Results: 400 diabetic patients were evaluated, of which 23.69% (95) presented external otitis. The most frequent clinical manifestations of external otitis were otalgia, with 74.6%, otorrhea, with 14.21%, and pruritus, with 11.22% of the cases. 22.94% of the patients were between 40 and 45 years old and 22.69%, between 46 and 50 years old. The largest number of cases, 59.10%, were male. Conclusion: The prevalence of external otitis in people with diabetes mellitus was 23.69% (95). The most important risk factor for developing external otitis in diabetics was manipulation with cotton swabs or other objects, which occurred in 38.9% of cases.