Ear ailments…Middle ear infection (Otitis media)

Continued

Last week, we discussed external ear infections. Well, more often than not, those infectious agents work their way into the middle ear.

On rarer occasions, the infection of the middle ear can arise from an infection in the throat via a tube which connects up with the middle ear (the eustachian tube).

Similarly, a tonsillitis or a pharyngitis can also contaminate the middle ear.