Pneumonic Plague: The plague becomes “pneumonic” when infected droplets are inhaled. It presents as fever, weakness, cough ...

For decades, the Q-tip has been a bathroom staple for ear cleaning, almost instinctively used to remove earwax. Yet, health ...

Perhaps surprisingly, it’s possible to get swimmer’s ear without a dip in the pool, lake or ocean. Two doctors explain what ...

In the summer, many of us try to find a way to be in or near the water. Kids are taking swimming lessons and going to pool parties. Families spend weeks at the beach. Unfortunately, we can bring home ...

Musgrove Park Hospital is one of three hospitals in the South West urged to review their processes following the death of a man back in May 2022.

Three hospitals in Devon and Somerset have been urged to review procedures for sharing files and managing patients being ...

1 Introduction Malignant otitis externa (MOE) is a severe and potentially life-threatening infection of the external auditory canal that extends beyond the cutaneous lining, beginning as cellulitis ...

BENGALURU: While many remain unaware of the risks, doctors are linking prolonged earphone use to a rise in ear syndromes, which are resulting in skin allergies from earphone material and fungal ...

Otitis media with effusion (OME) similarly involves fluid and pressure buildup in the middle ear, but without enough bacterial presence to cause a full-blown infection.

2. Swimmer’s ear Another common cause of ear pain is swimmer’s ear, or otitis externa, an infection of the skin in your ear that often develops when water sits in the outer ear canal, providing a ...

An inmate at Alaska’s largest prison begged for medical help with a severe ear infection but was ignored for days until it turned into bacterial meningitis, killing him, a newly filed lawsuit ...