Mastoiditis

Symptoms:

• ear pain or discomfort
  • earache
  • pain behind the ear

• redness of the ear or behind the ear
• fever, may be high or spike (have sudden high increases)
• headache
• drainage from the ear

Signs and tests:

An examination of the head may indicate mastoiditis. A skull X-ray or head CT scan or CT of the ear may show an abnormality in the mastoid bone. A culture of drainage from the ear may show bacteria.