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Hi doctors, can you tell me what is infantile otitis media?

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Inflamation mid/ear: Otitis media is a broad term that includes various forms of inflammation of the middle ear. That space is like a cave in the skull, with the ear drum on one wall, a drain tube (eustachian tube) in the floor ; another wall composed by the skull ; the ear nerve. The walls make mucous which normally drains but can be trapped. Germs can feed on the trapped mucous ; cause infection.

Answered 1/15/2014

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