Case study otitis media answers

In my thirty years of clinical practice I have found that otitis media in children appears to be strongly related to the function of the craniosacral fascial system.

Otitis media is an inflammation of the middle ear caused by an infection. Three out of four American children experience otitis media by the time they are three years old.¹ Ear infection is the number one reason parents bring their children to the medical doctor.²

The patient’s parents are chronic heavy smokers and the child is exposed to second hand smoke in the home environment The patient has recurrent episodes of middle ear infections. Reporting otitis media in ICD-10 allows for the differentiation between an acute episode versus an acute episode of a recurrent infection.

Acute otitis media is extremely common in children. In fact, it is one of the most common diagnosis in children who are seen in outpatient settings, and is one of the most common reasons for antibiotic therapy. The peak incidence of AOM is between 6 months and 2 years of age.