Close-up of the ear in a 2 year old female patient, showing melted wax oozing from the ear canal due to heat from a middle ear infection (otitis media

---

Close-up of the ear in a 2 year old female patient, showing melted wax oozing from the ear canal due to heat from a middle ear infection (otitis media). Otitis media is caused by either a viral or bacterial infection which can cause earache, deafness, tinnitis and fever.

---

Size: 5139px × 3413px
Photo credit: © DR P. MARAZZI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 2, baby, bacterial, canal, child, clinical, close, close-, condition, deafness, diagnosis, disease, disorder, ear, earache, female, fever, girl, healthcare, infant, infected, infection, media, medical, melted, middle, oozing, otitis, paediatric, patient, pediatric, tinnitis, viral, wax, year