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Dr Ronald Chin’s View On Acute Otitis Media Treatment

Inflammation of the middle ear cavity is known as acute otitis media. Its risk factors include young age, daycare, tobacco smoke, down syndrome, bottle feeding when supine, and family history.

Symptoms of this disorder are otalgia, conductive hearing loss, and fever. Otorrhea when is perforated, vertigo, tinnitus, and even facial paralysis. In infants, symptoms may include ear-tugging, vomiting, diarrhea, poor sleep, and fever.

An otoscopy is performed to investigate this disease.

Treatment for acute otitis media includes paracetamol. NSAIDs and antibiotics. If recurrent AOM, tympanostomy tubes can be inserted.

Glue ear, after draining the ear drum

Glue ear, intact ear drum

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