While family law is an emotionally charged segment of the law profession, many students find it the right blend of law and personal counsel. As with choosing any law specialization, take the time to fully understand the practice of family law and what it entails.
Mastoiditis is a bacterial infection of the mastoid bone. The mastoid bone, which sits behind the ear, consists of air spaces that help drain the middle ear. When the mastoid cells become infected or inflamed, often as a result of an unresolved middle ear infection (otitis media), mastoiditis can develop. In acute mastoiditis, infection may spread outside of the mastoid bone and cause serious health complications.
Symptoms of mastoiditis include: 1  Ear pain. 2  Fluid discharge from the ear. 3  Redness of the ear or behind the ear.  Swelling behind the ear that may cause the ear to stick 1  out. Fever. 2  Headaches. Hearing 3  loss. In the disease's late stages, abscesses in the neck called Bezold's abscesses.