Bhat Vadisha, Bhandary Satheesh Kumar, Shenoy Vijaya
K S Hegde Medical Medical Academy, Deralakatte, Mangalore, 575018 Karnataka India.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012 Mar;64(1):56-8. doi: 10.1007/s12070-011-0163-4. Epub 2011 Mar 9.
Otitis media with effusion (OME) is the presence of non purulent effusion within the middle ear cleft. The symptoms of this disease are not alarming as in suppurative otitis media. The disease is common in young children. The main symptom of this disease is decreased hearing, which may sometime go unnoticed more so if the parents are not attentive. We conducted a community based study among 1,020 school children of the age group 5-10 years from schools of sub-urban areas of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, to explore the relationship of OME in relation to socioeconomic status. Diagnosis of OME was done by clinical examination and tympanometry. Prevalence of OME was 4.5%. Out of 46 cases, 4% belong to upper class, 26% to upper middle class, 26% to lower middle class, 43% to upper lower class.
中耳积液（OME）是指中耳腔内存在非脓性积液。该疾病的症状不像化脓性中耳炎那样令人担忧。这种疾病在幼儿中很常见。该病的主要症状是听力下降，如果家长不留意，有时可能会更不易被察觉。我们在卡纳塔克邦达欣纳卡纳达区郊区学校的1020名5至10岁学龄儿童中开展了一项基于社区的研究，以探讨中耳积液与社会经济地位之间的关系。中耳积液的诊断通过临床检查和鼓室图进行。中耳积液的患病率为4.5%。在46例病例中，4%属于上层阶级，26%属于中上层阶级，26%属于中下层阶级，43%属于下层阶级。
