Otitis media (acute middle ear infection)

Pablo Picasso
October 25, 1881, Malaga, Spain – April 8, 1973, Mougins, France

Pablo Picasso's Blue Period was characterized by sadness and melancholy, both in his personal life and in the pitiful figures he painted on his canvases.
His powerful, creative personality led him to abandon the figurative style that was the norm in his day in favor of an independent and decisive character in his work. In any case, there is a lot of soul in the paintings from this blue period. One of the best known is The Sick Child, also known as Mother and Child, a canvas brimming with tenderness.

♦ The Sick Child / Mother and Child (1903) ♦

♦ Diagnosis
Main symptoms: Feverish child, well nourished.
Secondary symptoms: Child aged approximately four years, ears covered by a scarf, concerned mother. The child resembles the mother.
Clinical diagnosis: Acute middle ear infection (otitis media)

♦ Definition: otitis media
Inflammation of the middle ear. Symptoms include ear pain and fever. The pain intensifies as fluid pressure in the middle ear increases.

♦ Discussion
Acute middle ear infection usually follows an upper respiratory tract infection, particularly nasopharyngitis, and is also often a consequence of measles. It is more common in young children, possibly because their Eustachian tubes are shorter and wider, allowing the infection to spread more easily.

Source: Jan Dequeker

Jan Dequeker
The artist and the doctor are looking at paintings.

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