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ENTMild
Otitis Media
ENT (Otorhinolaryngology) · ENT
Mild
Severity
Very common — one of the most frequent childhood illnesses, affecting most children at least once by age 3
Prevalence
No
Contagious
ENT (Otorhinolaryngology)
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Otitis media most often develops when a cold
- 2sinus infection
- 3or allergy causes swelling of the Eustachian tube
- 4preventing normal drainage of fluid from the middle ear and creating a favorable environment for bacterial or viral growth. Children are especially prone to it because their Eustachian tubes are shorter
- 5narrower
- 6and more horizontally positioned than in adults. Risk factors include daycare attendance
- 7exposure to secondhand smoke
- 8bottle-feeding while lying down
- 9and a family history of frequent ear infections.
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