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  2. Mastoiditis - Wikipedia

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    Rarely, Mycobacterium species can also cause the infection. Some mastoiditis is caused by cholesteatoma, which is a sac of keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear that usually results from repeated middle-ear infections. If left untreated, the cholesteatoma can erode into the mastoid process, producing mastoiditis, as well as other ...

  3. Common symptoms of an ear infection and how to get over one ...

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    Ear infection symptoms usually include a fever, ear pain or fullness, and a headache in children and adults. Antibiotics clear up most ear infections.

  4. Otitis - Wikipedia

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    Usually associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, this form typically occurs in older people with diabetes mellitus, or immunocompromised people. [7] Otomycosis is the fungal form of Otitis Externa that is more common in coastal regions. Otitis media, or middle ear infection, involves the middle ear. In otitis media, the ear is infected ...

  5. Bullous myringitis hemorrhagica - Wikipedia

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    Diagnosing bullous myringitis involves using an otoscope to spot distinctive white sack-like structures on the eardrum.Ear pain is the primary complaint. However, differentiating it from acute otitis media can be difficult, leading to early misdiagnosis.The rarity of bullous myringitis, especially compared to acute otitis media, can result in common misdiagnoses.

  6. Otitis externa - Wikipedia

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    However, if there are chronic skin conditions that affect the ear canal skin, such as atopic dermatitis, seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis or abnormalities of keratin production, or if there has been a break in the skin from trauma, even the normal bacteria found in the ear canal may cause infection and full-blown symptoms of external otitis. [7 ...

  7. Otitis media - Wikipedia

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    Otitis media is a group of inflammatory diseases of the middle ear. [2] One of the two main types is acute otitis media (AOM), [3] an infection of rapid onset that usually presents with ear pain. [1]

  8. Otomycosis - Wikipedia

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    Otomycosis is a fungal ear infection, [1] a superficial mycotic infection of the outer ear canal caused by micro-organisms called fungi which are related to yeast and mushrooms. . It is more common in tropical or warm countri

  9. Perforated eardrum - Wikipedia

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    Normal ear drum. A perforated eardrum (tympanic membrane perforation) is a prick in the eardrum. It can be caused by infection (otitis media), trauma, overpressure (loud noise), inappropriate ear clearing, and changes in middle ear pressure. An otoscope can be used to view the eardrum to diagnose a perforation. Perforations may heal naturally ...