Which term describes a contagious inflammation that causes painful blisters on the eardrum?

a. otosclerosis

b. infectious myringitis

c. mydriasis

d. mastoiditis?

The answer is B. Infectious myringitis

Infectious myringitis is the term that describes a contagious inflammation that causes painful blisters on the eardrum. An infected person’s eardrum becomes small, inflamed and has painful blisters. The same bacteria or viruses that causes middle ear infections causes infectious myringitis.