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    This document provides information about ear aches and their potential causes. Ear aches can be caused by infections like otitis media or externa, trauma from objects like Q-tips, or impactions from cerumen, insects, or foreign bodies. Other causes include referred pain from nearby areas, inflammation of the temporomandibular joint, or syndromes such as Ramsey Hunt facial neuralgia.

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    *EAR ACHE: "OTITIS" OSCE

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    This document provides information about ear aches and their potential causes. Ear aches can be caused by infections like otitis media or externa, trauma from objects like Q-tips, or impactions from cerumen, insects, or foreign bodies. Other causes include referred pain from nearby areas, inflammation of the temporomandibular joint, or syndromes such as Ramsey Hunt facial neuralgia.

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    Otitis Mnemonic

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    This document provides information about ear aches and their potential causes. Ear aches can be caused by infections like otitis media or externa, trauma from objects like Q-tips, or impactions from cerumen, insects, or foreign bodies. Other causes include referred pain from nearby areas, inflammation of the temporomandibular joint, or syndromes such as Ramsey Hunt facial neuralgia.

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    *EAR ACHE: "OTITIS"

    O - Other referred pain: parotid, tooth, lymphadenitis


    T - TM Joint
    I - Infection: Otitis Media/Externa, Bullous Myringitis
    T - Trauma: Q-Tip, Blunt injury
    I - Impaction: Cerumen, Insect, Foreign Body
    S - Syndrome, Ramsey Hunt facial neuralgia

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