2006-09-01 18:38:52 · 5 answers · asked by Lavelle L 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Inflammation of the Mastoid.... usually caused by an ear infection
It is in the temporal bone in your skull.
2006-09-01 18:41:25 · answer #1 · answered by PreviouslyChap 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mastoiditis
Inflammation of the cavity and air cells in the mastoid part of the temporal bone.
it can be due to an ear infection as the bone lies just behind the ear. it is the part you can fee is so bumpy behind your ear.
or it can be due to and underlying mild encephalitis - brain infection or meningitis - but that is serious, you wont worry about the mastoiditis then, more about the headache, pain, fever, stiff neck etc.
2006-09-02 02:00:26 · answer #2 · answered by Dr Rossi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some nut of an anatomist thought that the bony prominence of temporal bone felt just behind the ear feels and looks like breast. So he named it M A S T O I D (breast like) process. Infection and consequent inflammation (burning according to another nut of a pathologist) is called mastoiditis.
2006-09-02 02:10:22 · answer #3 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the infection of mastoid bone.It is usually caused by a long-term inner ear infection.It causes deafness.
The therapy usually is the removal of mastoid bone by operation called mastoidectomy.
2006-09-02 01:57:32 · answer #4 · answered by neutrals 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/uvahealth/peds_ent/mastoid.cfm
2006-09-02 01:41:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋