title: [Tubotympanic catarrh in childhood. Diagnosis and therapy].
abstract: Tubotympanic catarrh (otitis media with effusion) is a long-known disease. Today it has become a "fashionable disease", but is extremely important as the most frequent cause of hearing loss in children. The key to the disease is functional disability of the auditory tube. Therapeutic pitfalls and a significant lack of compliance on the part of the patient have definitely led to an increase in otitis media with effusion. We are sure that better diagnostic facilities for the detection of hearing loss in children has made the "silent syndrome" more prevalent. Therapy must aim to cure tubal dysfunction as soon as possible to enable clearance of the middle ear secretion and ventilation of the tympanon, in order to avoid the feared complications of adhesive otitis and atypical cholesteatoma. Prophylaxis is better than cure.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D005122:Exudates and Transudates / Q000166:cytology; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D010349:Patient Compliance; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents
vernacular_title: Der Tubenmittelohrkatarrh im Kindesalter - Diagnose und Therapie.