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Otitis media with effusion (OME) and ear infections are connected in two ways: 1  After most ear infections have been treated, fluid (an effusion) remains in the middle ear for a few days or weeks.  When the Eustachian tube is partially blocked, fluid builds up in the middle ear.
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).