This unfortunate patient had been suffering from sinusitis for 15 years and already 3 prior FESS surgeries when I saw her this year. She could not breath through her nose and neither could she smell anything. Nasal endoscopy showed both her nasal cavities to be filled with polyps and no space to advance the endoscope…
Read MoreThis patient already had a rhinoplasty done before after which he had a sports injury. He had an external deformity to the right with a hump and an extremely bad deviated nasal septum to the left through which no air could flow.
Read MoreThis patient had a previous nose job done for his nasal deformity and nasal block on left side due to sports injury. A rib cartilage graft was used but results for both the nose job and nasal block were poor. He decided after seven years of suffering to trust another surgeon and go under the…
Read MoreThis patient also had a nose infection which crept up the eustachian tubes into both his ears and as a result he had infection of both middle ears which was successfully treated with antibiotics. He was impatient to wait for the residual secretions in the middle ear to drain.
Read MoreAcute otitis media is a painful type of ear infection. It occurs when the area behind the eardrum called the middle ear becomes inflamed and infected. This patient’s middle ear infection was actually due to the infection of the nose and nasopharynx creeping up the Eustachian tube to infect the middle ear. Pus formed in…
Read MoreA nose job (technically called a rhinoplasty) is surgery on the nose to enhance facial harmony and the proportion of the nose in relation to the face. It is also done to improve the impaired breathing of the nose. It can be done for medical reasons like correcting breathing problems related to the nose or…
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The huge advantage nasal sprays have when treating basal problems is that they are sprayed directly into the nose to relieve nasal allergy symptoms with extremely minimal amounts being absorbed into the body. This results in lesser side effects together with better efficacy. There are many types of nasal sprays available in the market with…
Read MoreDISE ie Drug Induced Sleep Endoscopy whereby the patient is made to sleep using IV drug is an integral part of the assessment at ent-specialist-clinic,com It enables us to have a much better idea of where the blockage is in a patient suffering from Obstructive Sleep Apnea and thus enabling us to target our surgery…
Read MoreFungal Infection is a form of ear infection that normally occurs when antibiotic ear drops are used too often making the ear canal sterile and lacking normal ear flora. It can also occur in those with lowered immunity. It is fairly easy to treat but requires a more prolonged treatment compared to a normal bacterial…
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