Recovery time for most patients is about 4 months. During this time many people will experience nighttime pain, stiffness, popping, catching, and feelings of tightness. All of that is normal! In fact, most people continue to experience symptoms for up to a year from the time of surgery.
Normal appearance of the tympanic membrane. (Figures 1, 2, and 3 courtesy of Janet Griffin, MD, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Ohio.) Acute otitis media with effusion. The tympanic membrane is injected but landmarks are still clearly visualized. Acute otitis media. The tympanic membrane is bulging and hyperemic, and yellow purulent fluid is seen in the middle ear space.
Definition. Tympanic membrane perforation, or a ruptured eardrum, is a hole in the eardrum (tympanic membrane). The eardrum is a very thin membrane made of tissue that separates the middle ear from the ear canal.The eardrum aids in hearing and in preventing bacteria and other foreign matter from entering the middle ear.or those that have symptoms, a ruptured eardrum may cause: 1  Earache, severe and increasing in its severity. 2  Earache, severe, then subsides, then is followed by discharge from the ear. 3  Drainage from the earâmay have blood or pus.