There are three types of ear infections: outer ear infection, middle ear infection and inner ear infection. Ear infections can be caused by bacterial, fungal or viral infections. Some people are more ...

Dear Mirror doctor, please, why do children keep getting ear infections? What can be done to prevent ear infections in children?

Ear infections aren’t fun. They can make your ears hot, itchy or painful. They can cause lots of pressure or make it harder to hear. Sometimes fluid leaks out of your ear. I asked my friend Bevan ...

Chronic otitis media (chronic ear infection) occurs when fluid behind your eardrum becomes infected and does not go away with antibiotics. Unlike swimmer’s ear that affects the external ear canal, a ...

Whether it’s enjoying a podcast, listening to music or chatting on the phone, many of us spend hours a day using our headphones. One 2017 study of 4,185 Australians showed they used headphones on ...

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Physicians Roseville Pediatrics reports viral illnesses, inner ear infections, swimmer’s ear, croup and bronchiolitis. Dr. Joan Thode offered the following ...

When I was a child, I became accustomed to ear infections. At least once a year, I would feel the telltale symptoms: pressure, the uncanny feeling of being underwater when I tried to swallow, and ...

An artificial-intelligence model was shown to be significantly more accurate than doctors at diagnosing pediatric ear infections in the first head-to-head evaluation of its kind. The tool, called ...

It's easy to take your ability to blissfully sail through life without ear pain for granted — until you suddenly can't. Cue you suddenly searching for things like "why does my ear hurt?" and "how do ...