What ENT Conditions Do We Treat?
Issues with the Head and Neck may involve our salivary glands, lymph nodes or other parts. Your salivary glands produce saliva, which keeps your mouth moist, helps protect your teeth from rapid decay, and helps you to digest your food.
A number of diseases can affect your salivary glands. These range from cancerous tumors to Sjögren’s syndrome. While some conditions go away with time or antibiotics, others require more serious treatments, including surgery.
Some procedures that may be involved:
Ear Surgery and Implantable Hearing Aid Surgery
● Adult ear and paediatric ear disease
● Implantable hearing aids and cochlear implants
● Stapedectomy / Laser
Acoustic Neuroma Surgery and Skull Base Surgery
● Including tumours of the ear, lateral skull base and anterior skull base
One common issue with the nose is the deviated septum. A deviated septum occurs when the thin wall (nasal septum) between your nasal passages is displaced to one side. In many people, the nasal septum is off-center — or deviated — making one nasal passage smaller.
Next, sinusitis is an issue which occurs when the spaces inside your nose and head (sinuses) are swollen and inflamed for three months or longer, despite treatment.This common condition interferes with the way mucus normally drains, and makes your nose stuffy. Breathing through your nose may be difficult, and the area around your eyes might feel swollen or tender. Chronic sinusitis can be brought on by an infection, by growths in the sinuses (nasal polyps) or swelling of the lining of your sinuses.
For issues with allergies, we may conduct multiple tests to detect the cause for your allergy and issue a course of action. Treatment such as nasal sprays may be prescribed as well.
Some procedures that may be involved:
● Treatment of sinus disease by medicine
● Advanced endoscopic sinus procedures eg CSF leak, encephalocele
● Nasal and sinus tumours
Snoring is the hoarse or harsh sound that occurs when air flows past relaxed tissues in your throat, causing the tissues to vibrate as you breathe. Nearly everyone snores now and then, but for some people it can be a chronic problem. Lifestyle changes, such as losing weight, avoiding alcohol close to bedtime or sleeping on your side, can help stop snoring.
Snoring is often associated with a sleep disorder called obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Not all snorers have OSA, but if snoring is accompanied by any of the following symptoms, it may be an indication to see a doctor for further evaluation for OSA:
● Witnessed breathing pauses during sleep
● Excessive daytime sleepiness
● Difficulty concentrating
● Morning headaches
● Sore throat upon awakening
● Restless sleep
● Gasping or choking at night
● High blood pressure
● Chest pain at night
In addition, medical devices and surgery are available that may reduce disruptive snoring. However, these aren't suitable or necessary for everyone who snores.
Hearing loss that occurs gradually as you age (presbycusis) is common. About one-third of people in the United States between the ages of 65 and 75 have some degree of hearing loss. For those older than 75, that number is approximately 1 in 2.
Hearing loss is defined as one of three types:
● Conductive (involves outer or middle ear)
● Sensorineural (involves inner ear)
● Mixed (combination of the two)
Balance problems can make you feel dizzy, as if the room is spinning, unsteady, or lightheaded. You might feel that you're going to fall down. These feelings can happen whether you're lying down, sitting or standing.
Many body systems — including your muscles, bones, joints, vision, the balance organ in the inner ear, nerves, heart and blood vessels — must work normally for you to have normal balance. When these systems aren't functioning well, you can experience balance problems.
Many medical conditions can cause balance problems. However, most balance problems result from issues in your balance end-organ in the inner ear (vestibular system).
Disorders that affect our ability to speak and swallow properly can have a tremendous impact on our lives and livelihoods. To fix this, we may treat issues such as sore throat, infections, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), throat tumors, airway and vocal cord disorders, and more.
Some procedures that may be involved:
● Management of voice and airway disorders
● Management of vocal cord palsy, laryngeal and tracheal stenosis by endoscopic and external techniques
Paediatric ENT focuses on conditions affecting babies and children and includes common conditions such as ear infections, hearing problems, nasal breathing issues, tonsillitis, snoring and sleep issues.
Treatment may involve surgery such as grommets and adenoid and tonsil removal.
We are also involved in the care and assessment of babies and children with speech, language and learning difficulties, and provide ongoing care for children through to adulthood.
ENT cancers are a broad category of cancers that occur in the head and neck region.
Head and neck cancer treatment depends on the type, location and size of your cancer. Treatment for head and neck cancers often involves surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Treatments may be combined.
After treatment, recovery from head and neck cancers may involve working with rehabilitation specialists and other experts to cope with side effects, such as hearing loss, difficulty eating, dental problems, thyroid issues, difficulty breathing or difficulty speaking.
Head and Neck Tumour Surgery
● Benign and malignant tumours
● Partial laryngeal surgery
● Salivary gland surgery
● Thyroid surgery
We diagnose and treat a variety of ear, nose, and throat (ENT) emergency disorders on a daily basis. Although the majority of these conditions are benign, there are several critical ENT disorders that must be immediately recognized and treated. For example:
● Trauma (Blunt Force)
● Foreign Body
● Temporal (Ear) Bone Fracture
● Facial Paralysis (Not able to move mouth etc)
● Nose Fracture (Most common)
● Abcesses in ENT
● Hearing Loss (Sudden or Acute)
● Sudden Giddiness