What are the different complications of mastoiditis?
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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