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23 March, 14:32

Explain why infectious otitis media may result in a simultaneous pharyngitis.

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  1. 23 March, 16:40
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    The ear cavity (which is affected in infectious otitis) is connected by a duct (the Eustachian tube) to the nasopharynx located behind the nasal fossae.

    Otitis is related to a bacterial or viral infection, which most often contaminating the middle ear as a result of rhino-sinusitis or rhino-pharyngitis by borrowing the Eustachian tube or vice versa (otitis media evolving towards a pharyngitis).
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