Some individuals may be exposed to acute infections in the middle ear. Newborns may be the most affected by this problem. Studies have shown that approximately 75% of young children have had OA at least once before they reach the age of three. This does not mean that adults do not get it, but the largest proportion is often among children.
And infections of the middle ear should not be left untreated of the patient, either children or adult adults because they have serious complications affect the life and health of the individual public may lead to severe infections of severe fever or inflammation may reach the brain and may deteriorate the patient’s condition to deafness permanent hearing loss, And not hearing sounds well in children at the beginning of their lives may lead to difficulty in speech or speech because of the inability to utter the words correctly, and as we know, the ear has two basic functions within the body can not ignore the importance of the first: allowing the body to hear all the voices And the second: to maintain the balance of the body, whether standing or walking or sleeping.
Causes of otitis media in children
- The lower the immunity of the body, so the otitis media increases the incidence of children than in adults, because their immune system is not yet mature, especially before the third year of age and this makes them constantly vulnerable to infection.
- The baby’s ear has a narrow and straight nose, which impedes the process of removing excess fluid from the children’s ear while the adult adult is distended and wider in a way that facilitates the passage of fluids to the outside of the middle ear and the nostril is a small passage reaching the middle ear at the top of the throat.
Symptoms of otitis media
There are obvious symptoms or signs of inflammation in the middle ear, the most important of which are:
- Severe pain in the ear.
- Severe hearing impairment and possibly hearing loss altogether.
- Insomnia difficulty sleeping.
- High fever.
- Fluid discharge from one or both ears.
- Loss of body balance is evident when standing or even walking.
- Sitting near the TV and unable to hear the low sounds.