symptoms of ear infection
1 Middle ear infections or inflammation (otitis media) is the most common childhood condition for which antibiotics are prescribed. 2  Signs and symptoms of an ear infection include. 3  fever, 4  ear pain, and.  a feeling of fullness in the ear.
Acute middle ear infections typically are associated with fluid accumulation in the middle ear together with signs or symptoms of ear infection in addition to a bulging eardrum usually accompanied by pain or a perforated eardrum, often with drainage of purulent material (pus, also termed suppurative otitis media).