Otitis Media Definition

Otitis Media Sentence Examples

• Doctors treating chronic otitis media (or glue ear) often puncture the eardrum on purpose to drain pus from the middle ear.

• Of the 168 with no parental concern 119 passed our first test, but 81 of these had serous otitis media.

• Fevers are caused in most cases by viral or bacterial infections, such as otitis media (ear infection), upper respiratory infection, pharyngitis (throat infection), pneumonia, chickenpox, and urinary tract infection.

• Although doctors in the past sometimes removed the child's tonsils or adenoids to treat recurrent otitis media with effusion, this practice is not recommended as of the early 2000s.

• These potential complications against the risks of language delay, possible learning problems, or hearing loss resulting from chronic otitis media.