Complications of acute and chronic otitis media
in the child - Review Article
Volume 1 - Issue 1
Dra Mirta D Ambra*
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- WAMS Chairman, Especialist Minister Health Hospital Argerich UBA, Argentina
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Dra Mirta D Ambra, WAMS Chairman, Especialist Minister Health Hospital Argerich UBA, Argentina
Received: July 08, 2018; Published: July 16, 2018
DOI: 10.32474/SJO.2018.01.000104
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Abstract
Thanks to the discovery of antibiotics, the incidence of complications in the chronic and acute otitis media has significantly
decreased, though they remain a potential mortality and morbidity risk. The reduction of complications can be conditional on
some diagnostic delays, on account of lack of clinical suspicions, symptoms disguised by previous antibiotic treatments and wrong
prognosis; therefore, the complications continue to be severe processes that endanger the patient’s life. They are currently classified
as extracranial and intracranial. The former is divided into extratemporal and intra temporal and represent a health problem for
the pediatric population despite the extended use of antibiotics. The clinical, otomicroscopic and imaging assessment is reported
as a diagnostic criterion predictive of suspicions and of confirmation. Facial paralysis, vertigo, vomiting, headache, pain irradiated
to the mastoids, or to the temporoparietal region, and hyperthermia should be alerts to the physician about suppurative otitis
complication.
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