Mastoid

Mastoidosis is not a death sentence

Mastoid is a deformation that originated in time immemorial and was characteristic of all ages and peoples. Nowadays, this disease is still included in the list of pathologies, which are characterized by the formation of various changes in the tissues of the ear.

The most common cause of mastoiditis, as already noted, is untreated or improperly treated ARVI, but a mastoid cavity in the eardrum can develop not only after influenza and other infectious diseases, but also against the background of parasitic infections. However, trauma to the tissues of the ear cavity itself turns out to be the cause of mastoiditis, although in this case cavities rarely form. The risk increases with skull fractures and dental caries. Less commonly, the reason is wearing headphones, especially metal ones. Congenital causes of mastoiditis lie in the presence of infection in the fetus during the period of intrauterine development; they can be associated with general unfavorable factors of pregnancy: chronic infections and