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What is a mastoid infection?

What is a mastoid infection? I was wondering what that was!

Female | 25 years old

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It's a mastodon infection at the mastodon process. See an ENT Dr. Start antibiotics recommended by the ENT Dr. Use warm and cold. This can be serious. Go to to Dr ASAP. Use hot and cold compresses, don't mess with it.
The mastoid process is an air containing bone behind the ear. Mastoiditis is infection of this bone when the middle ear infection goes untreated . Rare nowadays as people are very particular about cleanlines and well informed