Acute otitis media and Covid-19 symptoms: a case report

Abstract

Background: In December 2019, the first Coro-navirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) case was obse-rved in Wuhan, China, and afterward, the world has been exposed to an ongoing pandemic. The Covid-19 has different symptoms, such as fever, coughing, shortness of breath, muscular pain, headache, diarrhea, nose running, and a sore thr-oat. However, the symptoms of Covid-19 are not limited to these ones. The Case: The present study reports a 39-year-old female patient complaining of earache and hearing loss with no other Covid-19 symp-toms. The medical tests and diagnoses finally inferred that she was suffering from the Covid-19. Conclusion: In addition to the common symptoms of Covid 19, acute otitis media can be con-sidered as another symptom of this disease. © 2021 Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences.