Ear tube surgery involves making a small cut in the eardrum and inserting a synthetic tube. An adult might need ear tubes ...

A new design for an old device might revamp treatments for one of the most common childhood ailments in the United States. Doctors have given placed metal or plastic tubes in patients’ ears to fight ...

Middle ear infections are caused by bacteria or a virus that infects fluid that has builds up in the middle ear. These infections often happen when a child has a cold, allergy or upper respiratory ...

Dealing with ear infections in young children can be a difficult part of parenting. It’s a fact that Dr. Kathryn Halyko, a pediatrician at UnityPoint Clinic Pediatrics Cedar Rapids, knows firsthand, ...

(BOSTON) — Infections of the middle ear, the air-filled space behind the eardrum that contains the tiny vibrating bones of hearing, annually affect more than 700 million people worldwide. Children are ...

PHILADELPHIA – What is that on Ryan’s nose? Ringworm? The bumpy red rash didn’t seem to bother the 5-year-old, but his mother, Georgina Rupnarine of Philadelphia brought him to see an ear, nose and ...

When their baby is rubbing or tugging at his ear, has a fever and is fussy, caretakers may suspect he or she has one of the most frequently occurring infectious diseases in children: an ear infection.

The inflammation and buildup of mucus that occurs in a sinus infection can block the tubes. This type of blockage is known as obstructive eustachian tube dysfunction.

DEAR DR. ROACH: Three months ago, I caught a respiratory virus on a trip to South America. According to my ENT doctor, my ear canals are clear, and my sinus infection (if I, indeed, had one) is all ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Nina Shapiro is a physician writer who dispels health myths. An ear infection is defined as infected fluid behind the ear drum ...