Die Impfung von Säuglingen gegen Pneumokokken hat mehrere Effekte: Sie schützt die Impflinge vor invasiven Erkrankungen durch die Erreger. Geimpfte bekommen zudem weniger Mittelohrentzündungen. Damit können Antibiotika eingespart werden, und der Resistenzdruck auf die Bakterien wird verringert....

Ear infections are very common in dogs. Among all dog breeds, Poodles and Cocker Spaniels are the ones most prone to this type of health concern. Yeasts or bacteria are the common causes of these infections. And this condition could make your pets uncomfortable and very irritable. Symptoms of Ear...

A cold is a viral infection that affects the upper airway including the nose, pharynx, throat, airways, and lungs. What is going on in the body? The common cold is the most common reason that people miss work or school. There are at least 200 different viruses that cause colds. These include...

Primary-care medicine is as much art as it is science, but clinicians sometimes rely too heavily on the former when it comes to prescribing antibiotics. Nowhere is this truer than in the treatment of respiratory tract infections (RTIs). Most cases of bronchitis are caused by viruses, but many...

The percentage of children’s ear, nose and throat infections caused by a type of dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria has more than doubled nationwide. The increase has been described as alarming and is a cause for concern. The bacteria, known as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA,...

Every year roughly 280,000 children under the age of three have ear tube surgery, which is designed to reduce the number of ear infections or drain middle ear fluid that might muffle sounds and hinder language development.  Many parents are scared into agreeing to the operation because...

It's hard to know how much your child's hearing will be affected by glue ear. Some children have a lot of hearing loss, while others have only mild loss. Doctors often use the word decibel (dB) when talking about hearing loss. Decibels are used to indicate the loudness of a sound as well as the...

Acute ear infection An acute ear infection is a sudden and usually brief infection of the middle ear. Doctors call it acute otitis media or purulent otitis media. Unlike glue ear, an acute ear infection generally causes ear pain or earache and may also cause a fever. These symptoms happen because...

An ear infection with discharge can damage your hearing. But there are treatments that can stop an infection causing damage. We've looked at the best and most up-to-date research to produce this information. You can use it to talk to your doctor or pharmacist and decide which treatments are right...

There hasn't been much research to tell if surgery to put in grommets helps to prevent further ear infections. We found only one small, good-quality study (randomised controlled trial). The study found that grommets helped prevent ear infections for six months but not in the long term. This study...