Acute infection
of the middle ear
Chronic inflammation of the middle ear
Acute:
- Earache
- irritability
- History of recent upper respiratory
tract infection or allergy
- Red, opaque, bulging eardrum
- Fever, chills
Chronic:
- Painless hearing loss
- Dull, immobile eardrum
Standard Medical
Care:
- Myringotomy tube through eardrum to
assist drainage
- Antibiotics
- Antihistamines
In a 1994 Journal AMA study found only
42% of eartubes were appropriate. In 1997 The British Medical Journal
concluded that the use of anti-microbiotics for Otitis Media for short or
long term outcomes is unproven. Over 80% of the children with Otitis Media
respond to a placebo within 48 hours.
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