Article: Otitis Media: Facts for Parents.(Pamphlet)

Article: Ear infections: facts for parents about otitis media. (Parents).(Pamphlet)
Pamphlet by: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Child Has an Ear Infection? * Can Otitis Media Affect My...What is Otitis Media? Otitis media is an ear infection. Three out...experience otitis media by the time...tube. Can Otitis Media Affect My...Yes. An ear ...

Article: Childhood ear infections: treatments worse than disease.
HealthFacts;  April 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......for a middle ear infection (otitis media)? There is...or chronic otitis media with effusion...incidence of ear infection among American...treatment for otitis media with effusion...recurrent ear infection, pediatricians...

Article: Ear Infection
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine;      700+ words ...Ear infection Definition Otitis media is an infection...higher risk for otitis media include boys...Babies whose first ear infection occurs prior to...more cases of otitis media. Although the ear infection itself is not...

Article: Protecting little pitchers' ears. (ear infections in children) (includes related article about antibiotic treatments) (Cover Story)
FDA Consumer;  December 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......least one ear infection before age...Collectively called otitis media (inflammation...especially otitis media with effusion...or acute ear infection. Children...An acute ear infection, called acute otitis media (AOM), is...

Article: Which antibiotics are best for otitis media?
HealthFacts;  November 1, 1997 ;     215 words ......antibiotics to children is otitis media, or ear infection. Yet there is only limited...000 children treated for otitis media while enrolled in Colorados...treat a new episode of acute otitis media, the outcomes associated...prescribed for children with otitis ...

Article: Medical science - an oxymoron? (controversies in treating ear infections and other common diseases) (Editorial)
Pediatrics for Parents;  January 1, 1992 ;     675 words ......innumerable episodes of otitis media. It seems that...recurrences (another ear infection caused by a different...antibiotics before the ear infection totally resolves...Director of the Otitis Media Research Center...grants to the Otitis Media Center. ...

Article: Otitis Media and Bronchiolitis.
Pediatrics for Parents;  January 1, 1999 ;     138 words ......these children also develop an ear infection. Doctors at the University of...bronchiolitis. Sixty-two percent had otitis media when entered into the study or...appropriate for children who develop an ear infection after having bronchiolitis. Pediatrics...

Article: Chew gum to prevent ear infection.
HealthFacts;  December 1, 1996 ;     257 words ......been found to prevent acute ear infection (acute otitis media) in some children. A new...in the incidence of acute otitis media among the children who had...similar effect against acute otitis media, a common bacterial infection...

Article: A case of pneumocephalus and meningitis as a complication of silent otitis media.
Ear, Nose and Throat Journal;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Abstract Silent otitis media is a progressive otogenic disease...pneumocephalus as a complication of silent otitis media. To the best o four knowledge, this...pneumocephalus as a complication of silent otitis media. Introduction Although the rate...

Article: Conjunctivitis-otitis media syndrome.
Pediatrics for Parents;  July 1, 1989 ;     132 words ...Conjunctivitis-Otitis Media Syndrome When is...the conjunctivitis-otitis media syndrome (COMS...have both a middle ear infection (otitis media) and an eye infection...child has both an ear infection and conjunctivitis...antibiotic given for the ear ...

Article: Otitis Media
Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence;      700+ words ......children that make them more at risk for otitis media. In children, the eustachian tube is...the risk for infection. Demographics Otitis media is common. Fifty percent of children...patients with a diagnosis of acute otitis media and related complications. Ear ...

Article: Traffic-related air pollution and otitis media.(Children's Health)
Environmental Health Perspectives;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...BACKGROUND: Otitis media is one of the most common infections...known risk factor associated with otitis media, little information is available...traffic-related air pollution and otitis media in two birth cohorts. METHODS: Individual...

Article: Heavy traffic can be a pain in the ... ear? Vehicle emissions linked to otitis media.(Science Selections)
Environmental Health Perspectives;  September 1, 2006 ;     391 words ......pollution have a greater incidence of otitis media (middle ear infections) than those exposed...in young children. Now they focus on otitis media because upper respiratory tract infections...Information about doctor-diagnosed otitis media came from questionnaires answered by...

Article: Antibiotics for otitis media.
Pediatrics for Parents;  July 1, 1997 ;     225 words ......Antibiotic treatment did reduce the chances of developing an ear infection in the other ear (contralateral ear infection). Only 11% of the treated children developed a contralateral ear infection, while 17% of the untreated group did. However, one...antibiotics may be optional in the ...