What is Earache?
What is Earache?
- Earache: Pain in the ear called "otalgia".
- Earache: Earache; a pain localized in the middle or inner ear.
Source - Diseases Database
- Earache: an ache localized in the middle or inner ear.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Earache: Introduction
How serious is Earache?
Complications of Earache:
see complications of Earache
What causes Earache?
Causes of Earache: see causes of Earache
What are the symptoms of Earache?
Symptoms of Earache:
see symptoms of Earache
Complications of Earache:
see complications of Earache
Earache: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Earache.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Earache.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Earache:
see treatments for Earache
Society issues for Earache
Hospitalization statistics for Earache:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Earache:
- 0.021% (2,661) of hospital consultant episodes were for otalgia and effusion of ear in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 99% of hospital consultant episodes for otalgia and effusion of ear required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 48% of hospital consultant episodes for otalgia and effusion of ear were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 52% of hospital consultant episodes for otalgia and effusion of ear were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 19% of hospital consultant episodes for otalgia and effusion of ear required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1.6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for otalgia and effusion of ear in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Physician office visit statistics for Earache:
The following are statistics from various sources
about physician office visits and Earache:
- 9,449,000 people visited a physician’s office for earache and ear infection in the US 2001 (National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2001)
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Name and Aliases of Earache
Main name of condition: Earache
Other names or spellings for Earache:
otalgia
Otalgia, Ear pain
Source - Diseases Database
Otalgia, Earache
Source - WordNet 2.1
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