Ear pain when swallowing can be due to an ear or throat infection, a dental abscess, or damage to the ear. ... These are canals that connect the middle ear to the upper throat and nasal cavity.

Share on Pinterest An untreated middle ear infection can lead to a brain abscess. An infection can spread from a nearby area, and this accounts for 14–58 percent of brain abscesses.

Inner-Ear Bone Loss Finding Opens Door to Potential New Therapies August 4, ... is characterized by intractable local bone erosion and subsequent hearing loss and brain abscess formation.

Ear abscess killed man, ... On June 18, 2005, Gareth showed signs of a chronic middle ear infection. But debris in his ear was not cleaned out as it should have been, ...

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Report of a Case of Caries of the Middle Ear, Mastoid Process and Internal Ear with Extradural Abscess, Pachymeningitis and ...