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To add punctuation only, try, "Otitis media, chronic, unresponsive to treatment. It could also be reworded "Refractory Chronic Otitis Media."
Otitis media is another name for a middle ear infection, a common occurrence in young children. An ear infection, or otitis media, is the most common cause of earaches. Although this condition is a frequent cause of infant distress.
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Amoxicillin can be used to treat the sinusitis, acute and chronic. It can also be used to treat the ear infections like otitis media and otitis externa. It should not be used to treat the acute pharyngitis.
Otitis media is the medical term meaning inflammation of the lining of the middle ear. This condition is what we typically think of as a child's ear infection.
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Irrigation should not be used to remove cerumen if the patient's eardrum is ruptured or missing; if the patient has a history of chronic otitis media.
A mastoidectomy is performed to remove infected mastoid air cells resulting from ear infections, such as mastoiditis or chronic otitis, or by inflammatory disease of the middle ear (cholesteatoma).
With treatment, the prognosis for acute otitis media is very good. However, long-lasting accumulations of fluid within the middle ear are a risk both for difficulties with hearing and speech, and for the repeated development of ear infections.
Breastfeeding provides some protection against URIs, which in turn protects against the development of otitis media. If a child is bottle-fed, parents should be advised to feed him or her upright, rather than allowing the baby to lie down.
It is called "fluid in the ear," serous otitis, or aero-otitis.
The name of an ear infection (otitis) depends on its location:Outer ear: otitis externa - this is usually a fungal infectionMiddle ear: otitis media - this is usually a bacterial infectionInner ear: otitis interna - aka labyrinthitis