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Article: Otitis media

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Otitis media, a potentially serious disorder which may lead to hearing loss, is particularly common in young children. In the first of two articles, JUNE THOMPSON looks at the causes, symptoms and treatment of acute otitis media. Next month she studies otitis media with effusion (glue ear)

What is otitis media?

Otitis media is inflammation in the middle ear with up to 25 per cent of all children having repeated episodes of the disease before the age of five.1 2 Subcategories include acute otitis media, otitis media with effusion (also known as glue ear), recurrent acute otitis media and chronic suppurative otitis media.z

Because of their immature immune system and their shorter, wider ...

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