Having fluid draining from your ear is certainly not something people are accustomed to experiencing. Medically this drainage is known as otorrhea, and it has many potential causes. In order to diagnose the cause of the drainage, it is important to know how long it has been happening, how severe it is, and exactly under ...
You call your cat and she won’t come. Well, maybe she’s just being her old stubborn self. You walk up behind her, stroke her, and she startles. It may take a while to realize that your cat’s uncharacteristic behavior may not be a result of a quirky personality but actually deafness. Deafness can come on ...
What is Pneumococcus? Pneumococcus is a bacteria commonly associated with pneumonia, but which can also cause meningitis, sinusitis, otitis media, osteomyelitis, and other infectious diseases. Pneumococcus resides in the nasal passages and throats of about 10% of all adults and 40% of all healthy children at any given time. It is more prolific among groups ...
Feline ear infections are usually easy to treat, but if they are not treated properly and promptly, the infection may become chronic, causing more problems for your cat in the long run. Knowing the signs and symptoms of ear infections will allow pet owners to obtain the prompt treatment ear infections need. Cats who have ...
Many parents of toddlers have faced hearing the dreaded phrase “ear tubes” for their little ones. These tubes, technically called middle ear ventilating tubes, are a way to open up the Eustachian tubes and can help with chronic otitis media, or ear infections. What are the Eustachian Tubes, and Why are They Important? Eustachian tubes ...
There are many potential causes of an earache. Most of these causes are related to either an infection or some sort of trauma. Ear infections in children occur so frequently that they are the most common reason that a child will be taken to see a doctor. Despite the frequency in children, earaches are common ...
Inside your ear is very small and delicate membrane known as the eardrum, or tympanic membrane. This membrane serves as the boundary between the organs of the inner ear, and the outer ear canal. Sound waves entering your ear cause slight vibrations to the tympanic membrane, which are passed along to the other tiny structures ...
Red measles (rubeola, sarampión) hasn’t been widely seen for over a generation because the vaccine introduced in 1963 and the improved vaccines introduced over the next 46 years brought the number of cases in the USA to near zero. The current generation of parents has no direct experience with measles and may learn the hard ...
My son has been recently struggling to get over a nasty ear infection, one that keeps the rest of the family up at night as we try to calm him down enough to be put back to bed. He doesn’t complain much about his ear during the day, so I wondered what it is about ...
