What is otitis media?

Inflamation mid/ear: Otitis media is a broad term that includes various forms of inflamation of the middle ear. That space is like a cave in the skull, with the ear drum on one wall, a drain tube (eustacion 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.

Middle ear infection: Acute otitis media is the medical name for a middle ear infection. Otitis media with effusion is a collection of sterile inflammatory fluid in the middle ear.

Middle ear infection: Otitis Media is the term used for infection in the middle ear