is a "linear tear" and bursting your eardrum, the same thing?

Question

i blew my nose and i heard a ripping sound in my right ear. My left ear is " stopped up" and I can't pop it. my dr. put me on anti-biotics for a sinus infection, and will it help?

Answer 1

ahm, i actually don't know what linear tears mean, but as i started researching for some details about it, maybe i can say that it differs from bursting the eardrum... try reading this one i just also get this from the internet...

"pontaneous linear tears in the stomach of the newborn infant can be lethal. While the etiology of this problem is unknown, pneumatic rupture of the stomach seems to be the most logical explanation for the gastric tear. The mechanism is much like Boerhaave's syndrome, the stomach being the target organ. Tremendous intragastric pressures may result because of incoordination and immaturity of the vomiting mechanism in the infant. The perforation occurs characteristically within the first seven days of life. Mortality is high, and surgical intervention is urgent. Three such patients have been successfully managed during the past 15 years. These patients are presented in detail, and the esophageal motilities in two of the survivors are presented. Pressure studies with rupture of cadaver stomachs and esophagi of newborn infants and adults are also presented in an effort to better understand the pathogenesis of this gastric catastrophy."