Mastoid

Mastoiditis is an inflammation or infection of the mastoid bone, which is a portion of the temporal bone. The mastoid consists of air cells that drain the middle ear.
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Mastoiditis is usually a consequence of a middle ear infection (acute otitis media). The infection may spread from the ear to the mastoid bone of the skull.
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Mastoiditis - side view of head
Mastoiditis - redness and swelling behind ear
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mastoiditis
An infection of the mastoid bone that can cause redness, warmth, swelling and pain behind the ear, sometimes with drainage from the ear.
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Mastoiditis - Side View of Head
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MASTOID OR POST-AURICULAR HEADACHE (This is a headache felt as a pain just below the ear.)"Fomentation for 10 minutes to side of head followed by cotton poultice or well-covered Heating Compress, repeated every 2 hours.
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For mastoid cavity infection:
Adults—Use four to ten drops in the ear every six to eight hours.
Children—Use four or five drops in the ear every six to eight hours.
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The sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) attaches to the head just behind the ear.
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The accessory nerve supplies the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles. The sternocleidomastoid muscle is in the front of the neck and turns the head.
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Mastoidectomy is performed for mastoiditis, an inflammation of the middle ear, if medical therapy does not work. Petrous apicectomy is performed to drain the petrous apicitis, the bone between the middle ear and the clivis.
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A landmark for tracing the anterior superficial and deep nodes is the sternocleidomastoid muscle. One can start behind the ear and trace the muscle to the clavicle.
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Bone that is located behind the ear (mastoiditis).
Tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord (meningitis).
These complications are becoming even more rare, in part because of vaccines against some of the organisms that cause ear infections.
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CRANIAL NERVE XI - The eleventh cranial nerve enervates the sternocleidomastoid muscles and the trapezius muscles. Lesions of the eleventh result in drooping of the shoulder and inability to rotate the head away from the affected side.
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IS MEDICAL ATTENTION NECESSARY?
Yes. The bacteria may spread to the inner ear causing hearing loss or to the mastoid bone (the bone just behind the ear), possibly leading to meningitis or other serious complications.
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HiSonic An ultrasonic bone conduction hearing device placed behind the right or left ear on the mastoid bone. Allows profoundly deaf patients to perceive sounds. Mfg: Hearing Innovations Inc. Source: PR Newswire - 02/02/00.
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Complications include glue ear and, much more rarely, spread of infection to elsewhere in the head such as mastoiditis or meningitis. Go back to your doctor if you are worried or if your child has a hearing problem.
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A tuning fork may be used. The tuning fork is tapped and held in the air on each side of the head to test the ability to hear by air conduction. It is tapped and placed against the mastoid bone behind each ear to test bone conduction.
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It is more common after a breech delivery, among large babies and in twins. Congenital hip dislocation is frequently associated with other conditions such as spina bifida, sternomastoid torticollis, or Down syndrome.
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In some such cases the eardrum can be repaired by grafting. Today there are many advanced medical techniques for treating infection of the mastoid and congenital malformations of the outer and middle ear that, if neglected, might result in deafness.
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