Open AccessAcute otitis media and Covid-19 symptoms: a case report
Author(s) -
Fatemeh Moghadasi Boroujeni,
Mahdi Ghadiri,
Farzaneh Saberi,
Hamed HashemiDezaki
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
shinavāyī/shināsī./shinavāyī/shināsī
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2008-2657
pISSN - 1735-1936
DOI - 10.18502/avr.v30i4.7452
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , otitis , acute otitis media , pandemic , diarrhea , sore throat , hearing loss , pediatrics , disease , surgery , audiology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , virology
Background: In December 2019, the first Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) case was observed in Wuhan, China, and afterward, the world has been exposed to an ongoing pandemic. The Covid-19 has different symptoms, such as fever, coughing, shortness of breath, muscular pain, headache, diarrhea, nose running, and a sore throat. However, the symptoms of Covid-19 are not limited to these ones.
The Case: The present study reports a 39-year-old female patient complaining of earache and hearing loss with no other Covid-19 symptoms. The medical tests and diagnoses finally inferred that she was suffering from the Covid-19.
Conclusion: In addition to the common symptoms of Covid 19, acute otitis media can be considered as another symptom of this disease.
Keywords: Acute otitis media; Covid-19; conductive hearing loss