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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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💊Treatment Options
- 1Many cases
- 2especially viral ones
- 3resolve on their own with pain relief using appropriate analgesics and observation over 48 to 72 hours. Bacterial infections that persist or are severe are treated with a course of oral antibiotics. Recurrent or persistent fluid-filled infections that do not respond to medical treatment may require insertion of tympanostomy tubes through a minor surgical procedure to ventilate the middle ear and restore hearing.
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