Mastoiditis is an infection of the mastoid bone located behind the ears. Symptoms of mastoiditis include ear pain, hearing loss, swelling behind the ear, redness behind the ear, fever, headache, irritability, lethargy, and drainage from the ear. If left untreated, mastoiditis may lead to complicatioRead more
Mastoiditis is an infection of the mastoid bone located behind the ears. Symptoms of mastoiditis include ear pain, hearing loss, swelling behind the ear, redness behind the ear, fever, headache, irritability, lethargy, and drainage from the ear. If left untreated, mastoiditis may lead to complications such as:
– Epidural abscess: a collection of pus outside the spinal cord and brain
– Dizziness
– Hearing loss
– Sepsis: spreading of infection throughout the body
– Meningitis: a bacterial infection of the meninges of the brain
– Facial paralysis

Chronic mastoiditis is a bacterial infection that causes inflammation of the mastoid bone located behind the ears. Symptoms of chronic mastoiditis include: - Persistent, throbbing ear pain - Drainage from the ear - Fever that may be high or suddenly increase - Headache - Hearing loss - Redness of thRead more
Chronic mastoiditis is a bacterial infection that causes inflammation of the mastoid bone located behind the ears. Symptoms of chronic mastoiditis include:
– Persistent, throbbing ear pain
See less– Drainage from the ear
– Fever that may be high or suddenly increase
– Headache
– Hearing loss
– Redness of the ear or behind the ear
– Swelling behind the ear that may cause the ear to stick out
– Tiredness and irritability