What is it?
This is the medical term for a sudden infection of the middle ear, often caused by fluid buildup behind the eardrum.
What is otitis media?
What is the most common complication of otitis media?
What is hearing loss
What does a doctor must do first to diagnose a patient?
complete and physical examination.
What is the cause of this condition?
What is: Otitis media is caused by a viral or bacterial infection of the middle ear that causes fluid buildup.
What is the most common symptom on adults?
fever , ear pain, difficulty hearing for affected ear and loss of appetite
This part of the ear, located between the eardrum and inner ear, becomes infected in otitis media.
What is the middle ear?
What are further side effects of hearing loss due to otitis media?
What is delays in speech or development in infants and toddlers
What Instrument does the doctor use on the patient?
Otoscope
What are all the risk factors of Otitis Media?
What is: smoking in a household, family history of otitis media, areas with high air pollution, and being bottle-fed instead of breastfed as a baby
Symptoms of children?
Usually appear to be fussier,pulling or tugging at infected ear or even loss of balance.
These three bones—malleus, incus, and stapes—are responsible for transmitting sound vibrations through the middle ear
What are the auditory ossicles?
What part of the ear can become damaged due to otitis media?
What is the tympanic membrane
how does the doctor tell the ear is infected?
A- ear is red and bulging
What is the treatment for Otitis media?
Home Remedies: Applying a warm compress to the affected ear and using over-the-counter ear drops can help alleviate pain.
Antibiotics: common antibiotics are high doses of amoxicillin; treatment may vary in mild cases for ages 2 and above
Surgical: The placement of a tympanostomy tube allows for adequate drainage of the middle ear, which is the primary surgical treatment for otitis media.
Visual symptom?
You might experience some drainage from the ear and will appear to look yellow, brown or white.
These tubes connect the middle ear to the throat and help equalize pressure and drain fluid.
What are the eustachian tubes?
If the infection is severe enough, what other parts of the body will become infected?
What is tissues in the brain and surrounding membranes
This membrane vibrates when sound waves hit it and may become inflamed during an ear infection.
What is the tympanic membrane?
What infection develops when the otitis media infection spreads to the brain tissue
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