Many doctors recommend this test within 6 months after colorectal cancer surgery. If results are normal, you may not need another one for a year, and then every 3 years if your results stay normal. You can talk about the schedule with your doctor. A CEA test.
Mastoiditis is a bacterial infection of the mastoid bone. The mastoid bone, which sits behind the ear, consists of air spaces that help drain the middle ear. When the mastoid cells become infected or inflamed, often as a result of an unresolved middle ear infection (otitis media), mastoiditis can develop.astoiditis symptoms may include: 1  Fever, irritability, and lethargy. 2  Swelling of the ear lobe. 3  Redness and tenderness behind the ear. 4  Drainage from the ear. 5  Bulging and drooping of the ear (in acute mastoiditis).
Mastoiditis, a mastoid sinus infection, was fatal prior to invention of antibiotics. Now-a-days, mastoiditis is uncommon and a less dangerous disease. Thanks to antibiotics! However, treating mastoiditis is still difficult because medication may not reach the affected area.owever, if symptoms of mastoid sinus infection are ignored or not treated properly, complications may occur, such as. 1  It may damage the mastoid bone. 2  Patients may feel vertigo or dizziness. 3  Epidural abscess, pus accumulated between the bones of the spine or skull and the outer membrane of the brain, may develop.