Ear infection is a rare case and I usually not a cause of big concern because it is not contagious. Mostly the ear infection clears up on its own or with some use of pain medicines like Ibuprofen or antibiotics.

Although ear infections are rare, they do occur especially among young children. However, it is good to note that, when they occur, they pose a huge threat to the person infected. Ear infections can also occur in elderly people. They can be very painful and fatal, sometimes causing inflammation of the eardrum.

The following are complications that can arise from an ear infection.

• Hearing loss.

Hearing loss occurs if an infection occurs too often and never fully heals. This causes a temporal hearing loss, but in rare cases, the person can permanently it. When hearing loss occurs especially to you infants learning to speak. It delays the process of learning. More disappointing is when the baby losing hearing in both ears. It hinders is the whole process of learning and speaking.

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• Mastoiditis.

This infection always affects the bone at the back of the ear. Although the infection starts as a mild infection, it has the potential to turn into a serious complication. When a child has a repeated ear infection, repeating too often and never fully healing. He/ she can suffer from mastoiditis. It has symptoms like headache, swelling of the ear lobe, swelling of the bone behind the ear.

• Meningitis.

This infection attacks the membrane surrounding the brain and the spinal cord. In adults, it has symptoms like nausea, headache, while it causes infants to cry constantly, experiencing stiffness in the body and the neck.

Sometimes when bending your neck forward for your chin to touch your chest hurts, it is a symptom of meningitis.

• Brain abscess.

Sometimes pus gathers in the brain due to infection and the infection is called brain abscess. It is most common in countries that have poor health care. Its symptoms include Fever, vomiting, headache, and variations in consciousness.

• Ruptured eardrum.

The eardrum can sometimes burst due to fluid building up pressure in the middle of the ear. Resulting in a small hole. But it heals after a few weeks.