This is one of the most common diseases of the ear. Infeccion del oido oido medio sintomas y causas mayo. Pdf otitis media with effusion in children younger than. Prevention of otitis media with effusion in children. The most useful symptom for diagnosis is otalgia ear pain. Otitis media with effusion is defined as middle ear effusion in the absence of acute symptoms. To determine the prevalence of otitis media with effusion in children younger than 1 year and its association with the season of the year, artificial feeding, environmental and. It has a selflimiting course in most cases, but may affect the patients hearing for varying periods of time, sometimes compromising speech or language development or determine a. Ear infections are frequent in children, as a consequence of. Otitis media secretoria otitis media serosa, otitis media con derrame o efusion, otitis media mucosa. Persistent fluid in the middle ear and chronic otitis media can reduce a childs hearing at a time that is critical for speech and language development. Acute otitis media is a very frequent cause of medical visit and antimicrobial use in children. Otitis media aguda y cronica, una enfermedad frecuente y.
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