Ear infections are an infection of the middle ear that occurs when fluid builds up behind the eardrum. Anyone can get an ear infection, but children are significantly more likely to get them than ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: My 4-year-old daughter already has had three ear infections this winter. When she isn’t feeling well, our entire family is miserable. The pediatrician says she may continue to get ...

Otitis media (OM) or middle ear inflammation is a spectrum of diseases, including acute otitis media (AOM), otitis media with effusion (OME; ‘glue ear’) and chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM). OM ...

Dear Doctors: I recently experienced severe vertigo due to fluid in my inner ear from a sinus infection. It affected not only my balance, but also my blood pressure and anxiety. Are there any ...

I remember it clearly. My son, at age 3, had spent an entire night crying inconsolably. He would fall asleep for just a minute, then awaken abruptly screaming. The symptoms started with a fever. We ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 4-year-old daughter already has had three ear infections this winter. When she isn't feeling well, our entire family is miserable. The pediatrician says she may continue to get ...

Earflo, a medical technology company developing a non-invasive, at-home treatment for negative middle ear pressure in ...

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a novel handheld device, known as CLiKX, for the treatment of a condition called Otitis Media with Effusion (OME), ...

Optical coherence tomography (OCT), a tool routinely used to diagnose and plan treatment for eye diseases, has now been modified to collect images of the inner ear. A proof-of-concept study led by ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Imagine a patient who has been treated for rhinorrhea, but then fluid begins to leak out of their ear. Now imagine that you are a medical student encountering this puzzle on the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Ear infections can affect the inner ear or outer ear. There are three main types of ear ...