22 April 2014. GSK Australia and Theravance, Inc. (NASDAQ: THRX) have proudly announced today that the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved Breo Ellipta for the treatment of patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Australia1.
In case youâre wondering what that black crumbly crud is inside their earsâ¦if itâs due to ear mites, then the black stuff consists of: ear wax, blood, ear mite waste and the ear mites themselves. Yummy, huh? When mites are present, there are a number of effective medications that can be used to get rid of them.
If your child simply has an ear infection but no cold symptoms, he or she is not necessarily contagious. What is the difference between fluid in the ear and an ear infection? Acute otitis media (middle ear infection) means that the space behind the eardrum - the middle ear - is full of infected fluid (pus). If there is no fluid, there is no ear infection, no matter how red the eardrum appears. Sometimes, the fluid behind the ear is not infected, but instead is clean (sterile).