Some medical incidents are inextricably linked to the childhood experience: Kids throw up a lot for some reason, they skin their knees, they have their tonsils removed, and they get ear infections. Of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's late at night and your child is complaining of an earache. You suspect it's an ear infection, and all you want to do is make ...

An ear infection can present as a dull, persistent ache, and is sometimes accompanied by pressure, discharge, itching, fever or muffled hearing. In more severe cases, the pain can be sudden, sharp and ...

Pain in the ear and diminished hearing is a recipe for discomfort. Although they are easily treated, it’s never fun to have an ear infection. Most people are familiar with ear infections, but why do ...

You’ll always find the most number of ear infections hanging around the kiddie pool (five out of six kids have at least one by their third birthday—tiny ears aren’t great at draining fluid), but ...

Medically reviewed by John Carew, MDMedically reviewed by John Carew, MD Self-care for otitis externa (swimmer's ear) can be used to treat mild symptoms caused by this inflammation and infection of ...

You don’t want one of these painful bad boys as an adult, when they can become more serious. When ear pain hits a fully-formed human, docs usually look for one of two types of infection: middle-ear ...