Hi Medicosis just wanna say that the complication of mastoiditis/ otitis media which is facial nerve palsy should not be called as Bell's palsy as Bell's palsy is a diagnosis of exclusion and is usually idiopathic. Thanks for your amazing colorful explanations by the way. cheers
@@fx_news_panel sorry for the late reply. I was in the hospital for a total of 14 days. I was treated for 11 days with IV antibiotics and pain meds. On the 11th days I was transferred to bigger hospital and the next day I went in for a surgery where they went in through my ear drum and flushed all the infection out of my middle ear..and hoped my mastoid cavity as well. When they were satisfied with the flushing they flushed in antibiotics directly. It worked pretty well and I avoided the mastoidectomy. They I did some oral antibiotics for a while after I was released.
My seven year-old son had a full blown seizure out of the blue, then two strange extreme dizzy episodes at a playground, at first thought to be additional seizures. We were referred to a pedo-neurologist who gave him an MRI and EEG. There were no signs of meningitis and he was definitely not epileptic. The MRI discovered bilateral mastoid disease. This hit me like a truck because he has a history of ear infections and weird periodic partial hearing difficulty, none of which impacted school. His teachers didn't believe anything was wrong with him. The pedo-neurologist recommended us to a specialist in pediatric ears (I forgot the name). She was a big disappointment. She insisted whatever caused the seizure was unrelated. All we needed was a spray decongestant. This didn't feel right. We had a hearing test done and his ear drum did not vibrate - hardly at all. But his vocal hearing range is above 80%. Only partial hearing loss due to the liquid pocket pressing on his ear drum. We are in the process of locating a new ENT doctor. Fortunately, none of this has impacted his school. He is on the Honor Roll. What a great little man.
