what are some signs that i may have mastoiditis?

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Answer 1

See below: Acute mastoiditis is usually accompanied by middle ear infection. In the early stages there is hearing loss, ear pain and fever. Later swelling, redness and tenderness develop over the mastoid bone behind the ear.

Answer 2

No: Mastoiditis causes pain behind or around the ear and is usually associated with redness and swelling behind the ear as well as a history of ear disease. Acute or even chronic mastoiditis rarely is the cause of a generalized headache.

Answer 3

Difficult question : True mastoiditis - a purulent infection of the mastoid bone - is ridiculously rare in this day. In my 22 years of practice I have never seen it. I have, however, had patients referred to me with pain around their ears who were told they had mastoiditis who had something else such as jaw spasm. Sometimes patients have a ct or MRI with benign swelling misdiagnosed as mastoiditis. See an ENT doctor.

Answer 4

Potential badness: Potentially serious complications, including meningitis, brain abscess, permanent hearing loss, death. Caveat: "mastoiditis" diagnoses radiographically only (ct or mri) is not necessarily the mastoiditis i'm talking about. If you have true clinical or coalescing mastoiditis, you would be in hospital right now. If it's from a ct report, you should talk to your pmd or see an ENT to clarify.

Answer 5

Mastoiditis: If left untreated, true suppurative acute mastoiditis, could lead to extracranial ( facial paralysis, labyrinthitis, petrositis, subperiosteal abscess) and/or intracranial (meningitis, brain abscess, extradural abscess, subdural abscess) complications.

Answer 6

None: Mastoiditis is usually an extension of infection in the middle ear. It can lead to deafness and more seriously the infection can spread to the brain. Please consult your doctor.

Answer 7

CT scan: If there is not clear cut swelling behind the ear, then ct scan is the best way to diagnose mastoiditis. Cloudy mastoid cells on ct is not mastoiditis, that is just an ear infection. If there is breakdown of the tiny air sacs of the mastoid bone on ct, then the diagnosis of mastoiditis is correct.

Answer 8

Look to the ear: Acute mastoiditis has fever, ear pain, tenderness behind the ear, and the ear may even stick out more than it normally does. Chronic mastoiditis shows with drainage which persists despite common treatments. See your ear doctor for chronic but get immediate care for an acute case as it may need urgent surgery.

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