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Otitis Media - Chronic
Alternate Names : Chronic Ear Infection, Chronic Otitis Media, Ear Infection - Chronic, Middle Ear Infection - Chronic
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Calling Your Health Care Provider
Call for an appointment with your health care provider if you or your child has signs of chronic otitis media (including an episode of acute otitis media that does not respond to treatment).
Call your health care provider if chronic otitis media does not respond to treatment, or if new symptoms develop during or after treatment.
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• Definition
• Chronic Otitis Media Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
• Chronic Otitis Media Symptoms & Signs
• Chronic Otitis Media Prevention
• Chronic Otitis Media Diagnosis & Tests
• Chronic Otitis Media Treatment
• Chronic Otitis Media Prognosis
• Chronic Otitis Media Complications
• Calling Your Health Care Provider
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Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• Allergies
• Cholesteatoma
• Ear Infection - Acute
• Epidural Abscess
• Mastoiditis
• Otitis
• Ruptured or Perforated Eardrum
Tests & Exams
• Cranial CT Scan
• Skull X-Ray
Surgery & Procedures
• Ear Tube Insertion
Other Topics
• Chronic
• Ear Discharges or Bleeding
• Earache
• Hearing Loss
Review Date : 2/7/2002
Reviewed By : Victoria Kennedy, RN, A.D.A.M. editorial. (2/7/2002). Previous review: Ashutosh Kacker, M.D., Department of Otolaryngology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.(7/24/2001).
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