Ear infection
Ear infection: Introduction
Ear infection: Any infection of the ear (called otitis).
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causes of Ear infection, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Causes of Ear infection:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Ear infection.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
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causes of Ear infection
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Causes of Types of Ear infection:
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types for Ear infection
Ear infection: Symptom Checker
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Ear infection Treatments
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Ear infection
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Diagnostic Guides for Ear infection
Medical Books Excerpts
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Medical Books Excerpts
- EARACHE
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- EARACHE
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Earache
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Otorrhea
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Hearing loss
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Otorrhea
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Hearing Loss
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Earache
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Otorrhea
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Earache
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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- Otorrhea
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- EARACHE
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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Misdiagnosis and Ear infection
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Diagnostic tests for Ear infection:
Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Ear infection. Some of these are listed below :
- Physical examination
- Manipulate the pinna to establish if this aggravates the pain - would suggest otitis externa, furunculosis, ear lobe infection or perichondritis.
- Examine for enlargement of the local lymph nodes
- Examine the nature of the ear discharge
- Examine both ear canals and ear drums with otoscope looking for abnormalities such as infection, boil in outer ear canal, ruptured drum, cholesteatoma or foreign body
- Clear or blood-filled blisters on the ear drum and canal skin suggests myringitis bullosa
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diagnostic tests for Ear infection
Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)
During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Ear infection.
Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing
your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information
you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis.
Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
- How long have you had the ear infection? - to determine if acute or chronic. Acute ear infections include acute otitis media (middle ear infection), acute otitis externa (outer ear infection), mastoiditis, acute furunculosis (infection of the hair follicles in the outer third of the ear) and viral labyrinthitis (inner ear infection). Chronic ear infections include chronic otitis media, chronic otitis externa and mastoiditis.
- Have you had a recent upper respiratory tract infection? - e.g. sore throat, runny nose, sinusitis - may suggest acute otitis media or myringitis bullosa (occurs with influenza, Haemophilus influenza and mycoplasma pneumoniae infections).
- Have you been swimming recently and where? - may suggest otitis externa.
- Has there been any trauma to ear canal? - may suggest otitis externa.
- Have you put anything into the ear canal? - e.g. ear bud - may suggest foreign body and resultant infection.
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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)
Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse
your condition.
The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Ear infection) may include:
- Ear pain? - may suggest acute otitis media (most likely), otitis externa, foreign body, myringitis bullosa, serous otitis media or furunculosis. The location of the ear pain may also assist in diagnosis e.g. in ear, behind ear or below the ear.
- Ear discharge? - Acute ear discharge suggests acute otitis media (middle ear infection) with a rupture of the ear drum, otitis externa (outer ear infection) or myringitis bullosa , especially if have ear pain. A chronic ear discharge may suggest cholesteatoma, chronic otitis media or mastoiditis.
- If a discharge is present, what is the nature of the discharge? - A mucopurulent discharge (mucous to pus-like) suggests chronic otitis media and mastoiditis. A offensive discharge with whitish debris suggests cholesteatoma. A bloody discharge may suggest myringitis bullosa.
- Fever? - suggests otitis media and mastoiditis.
- Hearing loss? - may suggest acute otitis media, chronic otitis media, otitis externa, foreign body, and mastoiditis.
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Ear infection
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Medications or substances causing Ear infection:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Ear infection as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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medications causing Ear infection
Definitions of Ear infection:
Invasion and growth of microorganisms in the ear; may be clinically inapparent or result in local cellular injury; may result in hearing loss or deafness.
- (Source - CRISP)
Organs affected by Ear infection:
The list of organs typically affected by Ear infection may include, but is not limited to:
Detailed list of causes of Ear infection
The list below shows some of the causes of Ear infection mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Ear infection
How Common are these Causes of Ear infection?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Ear infection.
Of the 77
causes of Ear infection that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 3
causes are "very common" diseases
- 1
causes are "common" diseases
- 3
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 4
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 69
causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 77
causes of Ear infection
Conditions listing symptoms: Ear infection:
The following list of conditions
have 'Ear infection' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
A
Acute lower respiratory conditions
... Otitis mediaAcute upper respiratory infection
... Otitis mediaAdenoiditis
... middle ear infectionsAdenoviridae Infections
... ear infectionAdenovirus infection in immunocompromised patients
... ear infectionAggressive fibromatosis - parapharyngeal space
... ear infectionB
Barotrauma
... ear infectionC
Chromosome 14 uniparental disomy syndrome
... otitis mediaCommon Variable Immunodeficiency
... recurring ear infections, ear infectionsCongenital disorder of glycosylation type 1G
... recurring ear infectionsCongenital disorder of glycosylation type 2C
... recurring ear infectionsD
Deletion 5p
... frequent ear infectionsDextrocardia-bronchiectasis-sinusitis
... middle ear inflammationDrug-resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae Disease
... otitis mediaE
Ectodermal dysplasia, hypohidrotic, autosomal dominant
... middle ear inflammationH
HIV/AIDS
... ear infectionsHyper IgE
... ear infectionI
IgG Deficiency
... ear infectionsImmunoglobulin G subclass deficiency
... ear infectionsIntellectual deficit - cataracts - calcified pinnae - myopathy
... recurring ear infectionsJ
Job syndrome
... ear infectionL
Letterer-Siwe disease
... chronic middle ear inflammationM
Mental retardation cataracts calcified pinnae myopathy
... recurring ear infectionsMicrocephaly immunodeficiency lymphoreticuloma
... frequent ear infectionsMoraxella catarrhalis infection
... otitis mediaN
Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome
... frequent ear infectionsNon-Food Allergy - Cockroach
... recurring ear infectionsO
Obstructive sleep apnea
... frequent ear infectionsOral-facial cleft
... frequent ear infectionsOssified Ear cartilages with Mental deficiency, Muscle Wasting and Bony Changes
... recurring ear infectionsOtitis
... ear infectionP
Pneumococcus
... Otitis MediaPolychondritis
... middle ear inflammationPrimerose syndrome
... recurring ear infectionsPrimrose Syndrome
... recurring ear infectionsPurine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency
... ear infectionsS
SCID
... middle ear inflammationSelective IgA Deficiency
... recurring ear infections, frequent ear infectionsSerratia
... ear infectionSevere combined immunodeficiency, T- B+ due to JAK3 deficiency
... ear infectionsSiegler-Brewer-Carey syndrome
... ear infectionV
Velocardiofacial syndrome
... frequent ear infectionsVibrio infection - Vibrio alginolyticus
... ear infectionW
Wegener's granulomatosis
... chronic ear problemsX
X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia
... inner ear infections
Conditions listing complications: Ear infection:
The following list of conditions
have 'Ear infection' or similar
listed as a complication in our database.
The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear,
and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
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1q deletion
... frequent ear infectionsA
Acute upper respiratory infection
... Ear infectionAdenoiditis
... middle ear infectionsAdenovirus-related Cold
... ear infectionB
Brailsford
... frequent ear infectionsC
Chromosome 1q deletion
... frequent ear infectionsCommon cold
... ear infection, otitis mediaCommon Variable Immunodeficiency
... recurring ear infectionsCoronavirus-related Cold
... ear infectionCoxsackievirus-related Cold
... ear infectionE
Ear foreign body
... ear infectionEar wax
... ear infectionEchovirus-related Cold
... ear infectionEctodermal dysplasia, hypohidrotic, autosomal recessive
... otitis mediaEnterovirus-related Cold
... ear infectionF
Flu
... Otitis mediaK
Kniest dysplasia
... chronic otitis mediaL
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
... ear infectionsM
Measles
... middle ear infectionMetapneumovirus
... middle ear infectionN
Nose foreign body
... ear infectionO
Orthomyxovirus-related Cold
... ear infectionP
Paramyxovirus -related Cold
... ear infectionPneumococcus
... Otitis MediaR
Rapp-Hodgkin syndrome
... otitis mediaRecurring airway infection
... Ear infectionRespiratory syncytial virus-related Cold
... ear infectionRhinovirus-related Cold
... ear infectionS
Scarlet fever
... middle ear infectionSelective IgA Deficiency
... recurring ear infectionsU
Upper Respiratory Infection
... middle ear infection
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Causes of Ear infection Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Ear infection based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Ear infection?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Ear infection, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :
Classifications of Ear infection:
Subtypes of Ear infection:
Middle ear infection (1 cause), Ear canal irritation
Medical Conditions associated with Ear infection:
Ear symptoms (1484 causes), Head symptoms (6066 causes), Face symptoms (4405 causes)
Symptoms related to Ear infection:
Earache (57 causes), Ear pain (57 causes), Ear discharge (16 causes), Ear itching (2 causes), Ear symptoms (1484 causes), Eczema (205 causes), Psoriasis, Seborrheic dermatitis, Ear wax, Too little ear wax, Ear infection (45 causes), Otitis externa, Ear fungal infection
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News Archives for Ear infection
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