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Complications could include:
- Mastoiditis
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Partial Hearing Loss
- Swallowing Problem
- Deafness
- Cholesteatoma
- Hoarseness
- Epidural Abscess
- Paralysis of the Fa...
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Mastoiditis is an infection of the mastoid bone of the skull. The mastoid is located just behind the outside ear.
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Mastoiditis is a bacterial infection of the air cells in the mastoid bone of the skull. Mastoiditis most commonly affects children. Before the use of antibiotics , mastoiditis was one of the leading causes of death in children. As of the early 200...
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Mastoiditis is an infection of the spaces within the mastoid bone. It is almost always associated with otitis media , an infection of the middle ear. In the most serious cases, the bone itself becomes infected.
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Dysphagia is a disorder of swallowing.
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Hearing loss is the total or partial inability to hear sound in one or both ears. See also: Hearing loss of aging
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Hearing loss is any degree of impairment of the ability to comprehend sound.
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Hearing loss is any degree of impairment of the ability to apprehend sound.
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Hearing loss is any degree of impairment of the ability to apprehend sound.
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Cholesteatoma is a type of skin cyst located in the middle ear.
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Hoarseness is having difficulty producing sound when trying to speak, or a change in the pitch or quality of the voice. The voice may sound weak, very breathy, scratchy, or husky.
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A voice disorder is an abnormality of one or more of the three characteristics of voice: pitch, intensity (loudness), and quality (resonance).
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An epidural abscess is q collection of pus (infected material) between the outer covering of the brain and spinal cord and the bones of the skull or spine. The abscess causes swelling in the area.
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Facial paralysis is the total loss of voluntary muscle movement of one side of the face.
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