Respiratory conditions OTITIS MEDIA

Question 1

WHAT IS OTITIS MEDIA ?

Answer 1

INFLAMMATION OF THE MIDDLE EAR (OR SPACE BEHIND THE EARDRUM).

Question 2

WHAT CAUSES OTITIS MEDIA?

Answer 2

CAN OCCUR AS A RESULT OF A VIRAL/BACTERIAL INFECTION FOLLOWING A RESPIRATORY INFECTION LIKE THE COMMON COLD.

Question 3

WHAT ARE EUSTACHIAN TUBES?

Answer 3

NARROW PASSAGEWAYS THAT CONNECT THE MIDDLE EAR TO THE BACK OF THE NOES AND THROAT.

Question 4

WHAT ROLE DO EUSTACHIAN TUBES PLAY?

Answer 4

REGULATES AIR PRESSURE IN THE MIDDLE EAR

DRAINS FLUID

EQUALISES PRESSURE BETWEEN THE MIDDLE EAR AND EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

ADDITIONALLY HELPS PROTECT MIDDLE EAR FROM INFECTIONS BY ALLOWING DRAINAGE OF FLUID AND MUCUS.

Question 5

DIFFERENCES IN CHILDREN EUSTACHIAN TUBES

Answer 5

SHORTER
MORE HORIZONTAL
NARROWER

Question 6

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF OTITIS MEDIA

Answer 6

Otitis media occurs when the Eustachian tube, which helps drain fluid from the middle ear, gets blocked or infected

Question 7

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF OTITIS MEDIA

Answer 7

EAR ACHE
FEVER
NAUSEA
VOMITING
LACK OF ENERGY
SLIGHT HEARING LOSS

Question 8

WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS IN CHILDREN ?

Answer 8

RAISED TEMPERATURE

PULLING, TUGGING OR RUBBING OF THE EAR

POOR FEEDING

RESTLESS NIGHTS

COUGHING AND RUNNY NOES
UNRESPONSIVE TO QUIET SOUNDS

INATTENTIVENESS AND LOSS OF BALANCE

OTORRHEA (EAR DISCHARGE)

Question 9

HOW LONG DO SYMPTOMS OF OTITIS MEDIA PERSIST ?

Answer 9

3-5 DAYS

Question 10

TYPICAL CAUSES OF OTITIS MEDIA - WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON VIRAL CAUSES?

Answer 10

COVID
INFLUENZA
ADENOVIRUSES

Question 11

TYPICAL CAUSES OF OTITIS MEDIA - MOST COMMON BACTERIAL CAUSE

Answer 11

STREPTOCOCCUS
PNEUMONIAE