Complications of acute and chronic otitis media in the child - Review Article

Volume 1 - Issue 1

Dra Mirta D Ambra*

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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