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Ear Infections
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- From the National Institutes of Health
- Overviews
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Treatment
- Health Check Tools
- Specific Conditions
- Related Issues
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- Research
- Anatomy/Physiology
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- Children
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- Information from the Medical Encyclopedia
Latest News
- Latest News
- Latest Data Show That Use of Antibiotics to Treat Ear Infections Is Falling (04/28/2005, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Otitis Media (Ear Infection) (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Ear Infections (Otitis Media) (Nemours Foundation)
- JAMA Patient Page: Acute Otitis Media (American Medical Association)
- Otitis Media
(Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Also available in: Spanish - Question and Answers on Acute Otitis Media (American Academy of Pediatrics)
Treatment
- Treatment
- Doctor, Please Explain Ear Tubes (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
- New Guidelines Outline Appropriate Treatment of Ear Infections (American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics)
Health Check Tools
- Health Check Tools
- Ear Infection Quiz (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Fluid in the Middle Ear (Otitis Media with Effusion) (National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases) - Links to PDF
- Swimmer's Ear (Otitis Externa) (Nemours Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Cholesteatoma (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
- Perforated Eardrum (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
Research
- Research
- Many Parents Willing to Wait on Antibiotic Prescriptions for Ear Infections (Nemours Foundation)
- New Guidelines Say 'Watchful Waiting' Is Best Approach to Fluid in the Middle Ear (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Vaccine for Middle Ear Infections Imitation Is the Highest Form of Flattery, Safer Too (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Atlas of the Body: The Ear (American Medical Association)
- How the Ear Works (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- NIDCD Glossary (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Directories
- Directories
- Find an Otolaryngologist (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
Organizations
- Organizations
- American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Children
- Children
- Causes of Hearing Loss in Children (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
- Children's Middle Ear Infections: Health Decision Guide (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Ear Infections: Facts for Parents about Otitis Media (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Also available in: Spanish - Middle Ear Infection (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Middle Ear Infections and Ear Tube Surgery (Nemours Foundation)
- Swimmer's Ear (Nemours Foundation)
- Swimmer's Ear (Nemours Foundation)
- What Is an Ear Infection? (Nemours Foundation)