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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Luke Rusowicz-Orazem, B.S. Hardik Patel, M.D.
Overview
Risk Factors
- Being a child under 5 years old.[1]
- Smoking, or exposure to secondhand smoke.
- Exposure to air pollution
- Suffering from malnutrition
- Being born in the winter or spring.[2]
- Exclusively applies to first 12 months of life.
- Not being breastfed
- Being a child in daycare.[3]
- Family history of ear infections.
- Living in cold climates or experiencing sudden changes in climate.
- Being Caucasian, Southeast Asian, Greenlandic or Sub-Saharan West African.[4]
- Being a male below 20 months old.
- Being immunocompromised.
- Recurrent upper respiratory infections for chronic suppurative otitis media.[5]
- Experiencing allergies.
References
- ↑ Monasta L, Ronfani L, Marchetti F, Montico M, Vecchi Brumatti L, Bavcar A, Grasso D, Barbiero C, Tamburlini G (2012). "Burden of disease caused by otitis media: systematic review and global estimates". PLoS ONE. 7 (4): e36226. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036226. PMC 3340347. PMID 22558393.
- ↑ Macintyre EA, Karr CJ, Koehoorn M, Demers P, Tamburic L, Lencar C, Brauer M (2010). "Otitis media incidence and risk factors in a population-based birth cohort". Paediatr Child Health. 15 (7): 437–42. PMC 2948776. PMID 21886448.
- ↑ "Ear infection - acute: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia".
- ↑ Lowy, Franklin D.; Zhang, Yan; Xu, Min; Zhang, Jin; Zeng, Lingxia; Wang, Yanfei; Zheng, Qing Yin (2014). "Risk Factors for Chronic and Recurrent Otitis Media–A Meta-Analysis". PLoS ONE. 9 (1): e86397. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086397. ISSN 1932-6203.
- ↑ Acuin J (2007). "Chronic suppurative otitis media". BMJ Clin Evid. 2007. PMC 2943814. PMID 19454051.