How does ENT specilalist treat patients?
After listening to the person about their complaints, does clinical examination which might need endoscopy for completion. After coming to Provisional Diagnosis May decide to further investigate or start Treatment Investigations range from blood tests, Xrays, scans, hearing test, endoscopy,biopsy. Treatment ranges from procedures like wax removal, vertigo Correction Manoeuvre, vertigo rehalibitation, voice therapy Giving medicines for Allergy, sinusitis, infections, voice diseses Surgery mostly done as daycare surgery. Common surgeries- tonsils, adenoids, sinus, septum, snoring, hole in ear drum, voice change, thyroid.
Conditions and Treatments
VERTIGO
Is vertigo a disease?
Its not a disease but a feeling patient develops as a result of a disease. We need to treat the disease not the vertigo feeling
SNORING
What is snoring?
Its a sound produced by vibrating of upper air passage due to partial collapse of air passage while sleeping
SLEEP APNEA
What causes Obstructive sleep apnoea?
during deep phase of sleep muscles which keep upper air passages open relaxes causes to reduce the diameter of airways causing to suck more inwards resulting in block of airway in presence of breathing effort
VOICE CHANGES LIKE HOARSENESS, STRAINING
Voice
Sounds are produced by the vocal cords which is altered and modulated by upper airway and tongue. Voice is an evolutionaly by product of common area for food and breathing
NASAL POLYPS
When to suspect for nasal polyps?
when there is nasal block and it is progressing. It can also cause loss of smell.
ADENOID INFECTIONS
Adenoid
It is a small mass comprising of cells which is responsible for immune response. Its located behind nose. Is present in all children. Grows from 1yr to reach maximum size by 7yrs and disappear by 11yrs. So a normal thing
SWOLLEN TONSILS
Diseases in tonsils
Tonsillar hypertrophy tonsillitis acute, chronic and recurrent tonsillar stones peritonsillar abscess
BENT OR DEVIATED SEPTUM
When does a person get nasal septal surgery done
If patent is having persistent nose block, headache persistent sinusitis, bleeding from nose, sleep apnea
THYROID DISEASES
Broadly Thyroid diseases can be divided as
- Endocrine abnormality hyper or hypo
- Nodules in thyroid- benign or malignant
- Infection or inflammation