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Otitis Media - Inflammation of the Middle Ear
What Is Otitis Media (Ear Infection)?
Otitis media is infection or inflammation located in the middle ear. About 75 percent of children have at least one episode of otitis media by the time they are three years of age. Nearly half of these children have three or more infections by the time they are age three. Otitis media can also affect adults, although it is primarily a disease that occurs most often in children.
What causes otitis media?
Inflammation usually begins when infections due to sore throats, colds, or other respiratory problems, spread to the middle ear.
Otitis Media
Otitis media is a bacterial or viral infection of the middle ear, typically caused by a cold or sore throat, germs spreading into the middle ear.
Otitis Media
inflammation of the middle ear
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