VALSALVA MANOUEVRE;

Efficacy in the treatment of Eustachian catarrh.

Abstract

Objective: To assess the efficacy of Valsalva maneuver in the treatment of Eustachian catarrh. Study design: Quasi
Experimental Study. Place and duration of study: Frontier corp Hospital (Quetta) and Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayad Al Nahyan Hospital
(Muzzafarabad) from December 2010 to May 2011. Patients and methods: Total of sixty patients of Eustachian catarrh were randomly
assigned to two treatment groups. Group A was given Antibiotics, Antihistamine, systemic and nasal decongestants and group B was
advised Valsalva maneuver in addition to the above mention treatment. Relief in aural fullness (assessed through tympanometry) and
hearing improvement (assessed through audiometry) were compared between these two groups at the end of three weeks of treatment.
Results: Audiogram done after three weeks of treatment showed statistically significant hearing and middle ear pressure improvement
(assessed through audiogram and tympanogram respectively) in group B.