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Acute otitis media (AOM) is a type of ear infection. It's a painful condition in which the middle ear becomes inflamed and infected. An AOM occurs when your child's eustachian tube becomes swollen ...

Acute otitis media remains one of the most frequently diagnosed infectious diseases in children younger than 2 years of age. By 2 years of age, 41% of children will have had at least one episode ...

The rate of occurrence of acute otitis media among children aged 6 to 11 months was 2.63 (95% CI, 1.79-3.88) times the rate among those aged 24 to 35 months at enrollment.

Acute otitis media (AOM) For children that exhibit moderate to severe inflammation of the tympanic membrane or have recently noticed otorrhea, ...

January 12, 2011 — Antimicrobial treatment of acute otitis media may be helpful in children, according to the results of 2 randomized controlled trials reported in the January 13 issue of the ...

Acute otitis media is the most common bacterial infection during early childhood. 1 Antimicrobial agents have been the primary treatment for this infection since the 1950s, when the first studies ...

Acute otitis media may be treated with antibiotics, but OME is not typically accompanied by infection, so antibiotics are not helpful or necessary. A doctor will base treatment on your child’s ...

As with acute otitis media, there is often a feeling of fullness in the ear, and a loss of hearing acuity. In some cases, the condition can cause the dizziness and vertigo that you described.