This is an infection which causes problems with the eardrum, it is a condition which mainly arises from the common cold and children are more susceptible to it than are adults, though people of all ages can get middle ear infection.

What causes middle ear infection?

When we suffer from a cold or any other infection which affects the upper airways the tubes which are called the Eustachian tubes and whose purpose it is to drain the ears into the throat can become swollen due to them being filled with excess mucous.

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