In particular, many of the children who developed abscesses (13 of the 18 Nevada patients) had been diagnosed with severe ear infections or sinus infections right before or had developed cold-like ...

A dental abscess is a painful buildup of pus that forms inside the teeth, gums, or bone, often resulting from a bacterial infection. It involves a painful throbbing around the ear, jawbone, and neck.

Brain abscesses can follow a very small percentage of sinus infections and inner ear infections among kids, Sood told CNN. Because more kids have been getting those types of infections in the past ...