Article: Conjunctivitis-otitis media syndrome.

Conjunctivitis-Otitis Media Syndrome

When is conjunctivitis (infection of the eye) not really a conjunctivitis? When it's really part of the conjunctivitis-otitis media syndrome (COMS). Children with COMS have both a middle ear infection (otitis media) and an eye infection (conjunctivitis). The same bacteria causes both infections. Studies have shown that if the otitis media alone is treated, the conjunctivitis also will go away. Usually within ...

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