Otitis media with effusion is primarily caused by dysfunction of the eustachian tubes, the pathways that connect your throat to the middle ear regions. The tubes also stabilize the pressure ...

Malignant otitis externa isn’t commonly a complication of swimmer’s ear. Typically, the condition occurs when you have other health problems or you’re receiving treatment that can weaken ...

Otitis externa may be noninfectious or infectious. In the case of the latter, it means there is an underlying bacterial infection. If a person has noninfectious swimmer’s ear, it is usually mild ...

Abstract and Introduction Objectives: (1) To determine the relationship between acute otitis media (AOM) pathogens isolated in cases of early clinical recurrence of AOM (occurring within 1 month ...

November 23, 2010 (Phoenix, Arizona) — Adding the nasal antihistamine olopatadine to oral antibiotic therapy hastens the resolution of serous otitis media in children, according to a study ...

Acute otitis media is strongly linked to childhood anatomy, immune function and involves either bacteria or viruses. The season greatly affect the prevalence of the condition, particularly as it ...

As with acute otitis media, there is often a feeling of fullness in the ear, and a loss of hearing acuity. In some cases, the condition can cause the dizziness and vertigo that you described.

O. Schaefer, Otitis Media and Bottle-Feeding: AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF INFANT FEEDING HABITS AND INCIDENCE OF RECURRENT AND CHRONIC MIDDLE EAR DISEASE IN CANADIAN ESKIMOS, Canadian Journal of ...

Breast-feeding could significantly reduce the risk for diarrhea and feeding at the breast instead of from a bottle or formula may reduce otitis media infections in infants, according to recent ...

Otitis One of them is otitis. A disease that causes inflammation of the dog's outer ear (the eardrum and, sometimes, the entire ear canal). It is painful for the animal and very annoying.

We assigned 520 children, 6 to 23 months of age, with acute otitis media to receive amoxicillin–clavulanate either for a standard duration of 10 days or for a reduced duration of 5 days followed ...

Image Credit: Mala Iryna / Shutterstock.com The signs that are indicative of otitis media upon visual inspection of the membrane include: Bulging and fullness Cloudiness Redness (erythema ...