ENT Issues

Painful swallowing is something that pretty much everyone has experienced at some point. When we were kids, our mothers often blamed it on something going down the “wrong pipe,” and we accepted that explanation. As adults, we seek a more precise understanding of why this occurs. Is it an ongoing problem or does it occur […]

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You know those typical cold symptoms? Common things like a runny nose, sneezing, fever, and coughing. The cold virus itself isn’t the cause of most of these symptoms, as it happens. Instead, these symptoms are a by-product of your immune response. It may sound strange, but your immune system produces a fever to safeguard you […]

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Have you ever dreamed you were in a spelling bee back in school? Everyone but you and one other person is out of the competition. And when the judges give you your word, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, you’re stunned. And no amount of practice could have readied you for this one. That’s one hard word to spell (even […]

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In order to keep roads in working condition, construction is needed. But things are also delayed by construction. We’ve all been stuck in a traffic jam caused by construction. Even a small lane change can cause hundreds of thousands of cars on a freeway to step on their breaks, and the whole system slows down. […]

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Aren’t there a couple of types of vacation? One kind is Packed with activities at all times. These are the trips that are recalled for years later and are packed with adventure, and you head back to work more exhausted than you left. The other kind is all about unwinding. These are the trips where […]

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Your face is sort of loaded with holes. Well, perhaps it’s more accurate to say that your face is full of hollow places, four of them to be precise. These are known as sinuses. (Or sinus cavities.) Your sinuses help remove allergens and germs by facilitating mucus discharge from your nose. Consequently, you breathe easier […]

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“Voicebox” is a rather inaccurate term. You may have, at one time in your life, envisioned your voicebox as a literal box inside of your throat. Your actual voicebox isn’t really box-like at all and is a bit stranger. When people use the phrase “voicebox,” they’re usually talking about an organ in your throat called […]

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Imagine you’re a detective in an old fashioned noir movie. You’re taking a hard-nose approach to catching the killer and your one clue is that they have Swimmer’s ear. So there’s a lengthy montage (with dramatic music) as you dig through old high school yearbooks and local newspaper articles. You’re looking to see if any […]

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Normally, a cough is a symptom of allergies or illness. You cough from time to time, or for a few days, and then it clears up. But if you’re coughing all day, every day, something isn’t right. But coughing can sometimes linger on. You aren’t feeling sick but your cough is sticking around stubbornly. You […]

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