Yes, I do think it could be passed on. I'm 73 and found out last year that I have it. My mom just had a brain ct, because she fell and hit her forhead, and the report said that she has mastoiditis. She is 103 years old and lives with me.
Charlotte
What is mastoiditis?!Why would you need to know that!
Mastoiditis can cause hearing loss which may result in tinnitus.
Prevention of mastoiditis involves careful and complete treatment of any middle ear infections.
Mastoiditis is caused by the same types of bacteria which cause middle ear infections (Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae).
Symptoms of mastoiditis may at first be the same as symptoms of an early middle ear infection.
Mastoiditis is usually suspected when a severe middle ear infection is accompanied by redness, swelling, and pain in the mastoid area.
In a simple case of mastoiditis some fluid escapes into the mastoid air cells during a middle ear infection.
Mastoiditis may occur due to the progression of an untreated, or undertreated, middle ear infection.
Otitis Media or middle ear infection can cause Mastoiditis or bacterial infection of the mastoid bone. If Otitis Media is untreated and recurrent, this can cause Mastoiditis. Mastoiditis typically affects children moreso than adults.
Mastoiditis
In complex mastoiditis, the infection penetrates through to the lining of the mastoid bone, resulting in a very severe and destructive infection of the mastoid bone itself.
With early identification of mastoiditis, the prognosis is very good. When symptoms are not caught early enough, however, a number of complications can occur.