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  2. Cholesteatoma - Wikipedia

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    Cholesteatoma is a destructive and expanding growth consisting of keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process. [1] [2] Cholesteatomas are not cancerous as the name may suggest, but can cause significant problems because of their erosive and expansile properties.

  3. What Dermatologists Want You to Know About That Pimple in ...

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    The pimple is not likely to cause an ear infection and the pus is not going to sneakily make its way down into your ear drum. “[Ear pimples] are very painful because the skin is more taut there ...

  4. Surfer's ear - Wikipedia

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    Surfer's ear is the common name for an exostosis or abnormal bone growth within the ear canal. They are otherwise benign hyperplasias (growths) of the tympanic bone thought to be caused by frequent cold-water exposure. [1] Cases are often asymptomatic. [1] Surfer's ear is not the same as swimmer's ear, although infection can result as a side ...

  5. Tympanosclerosis - Wikipedia

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    Whilst hearing loss is a common symptom in many diseases of the ear, for example in otosclerosis (abnormal bone growth in the ear), [3] the white, chalky patches on the tympanic membrane are fairly characteristic of tympanosclerosis. Cholesteatoma is similar in appearance but the whiteness is behind the tympanic membrane, rather than inside.

  6. Woman's Mysterious Ear Pain Turns Out to Be a Tick - AOL

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    A woman who was struggling with ear pain discovered that the source was a tick — and its babies — that had set up home right next to her ear drum.. Rosie Swain and her husband had been ...

  7. Atherosclerosis: What Men Need to Know About Plaque ... - AOL

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    The terms atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis sound similar but are slightly different in meaning. Atherosclerosis is a type of arteriosclerosis. It refers to the build-up of plaque in blood vessels.

  8. Otitis media - Wikipedia

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    Acute otitis media in children with moderate to severe bulging of the tympanic membrane or new onset of otorrhea (drainage) is not due to external otitis. Also, the diagnosis may be made in children who have mild bulging of the ear drum and recent onset of ear pain (less than 48 hours) or intense erythema (redness) of the ear drum.

  9. Eardrum - Wikipedia

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    The fluid or pus comes from a middle ear infection (otitis media), which is a common problem in children. A tympanostomy tube is inserted into the eardrum to keep the middle ear aerated for a prolonged time and to prevent reaccumulation of fluid. Without the insertion of a tube, the incision usually heals spontaneously in two to three weeks.