Diseases of the ear, throat and nose (otolaryngology)

Pharyngitis: treatment

Pharyngitis - treatment whose goal is to achieve relief of unpleasant subjective sensations in the throat and normalization of the pharyngoscopic picture.

With acute pharyngitis and exacerbation of a chronic patient, notes unpleasant sensations in the nasopharynx: burning, dryness, often the accumulation of viscous mucus, perspiration and sometimes mild pain in the throat (especially with an "empty throat").

Pharyngitis: Overview of Information

Pharyngitis (Latin pharyngitis) (pharyngal catarrh) - acute or chronic inflammation of the mucous membrane and lymphoid tissue of the pharynx. According to the international classification of diseases, pharyngitis is isolated from tonsillitis, however, the unifying term "tonsillopharyngitis", which takes into account a combination of these two pathological states, is often used in the literature.

Labyrinthitis (inflammation of the inner ear)

The labyrinth (otitis internal, inflammation of the inner ear) is an inflammatory disease of the inner ear that results from the penetration of pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins into it and manifests itself as a combined disturbance of the functions of the peripheral receptors of the vestibular and auditory analyzers.

Vertebral-basilar insufficiency

Vestibular dysfunction of vascular genesis (vertebral-basilar insufficiency, discirculatory encephalopathy) is a violation of the vestibular function associated with a circulatory disorder in the central or peripheral parts of the vestibular analyzer.

Benign paroxysmal dizziness

Benign paroxysmal positional dizziness is paroxysmal vestibular dizziness, the provoking factor of which is the change in the position of the head and body.

Treatment of Meniere's Disease

The main goal of treatment is cessation of attacks of systemic dizziness and defeat of the hearing organ. Depending on their severity, attacks may require hospitalization; while prescribing rest, sedatives, antiemetics, vestibular suppressants.

Diagnosis of Ménière's disease

Since the changes in Meniere's disease are localized in the inner ear, the evaluation of the condition of the hearing and balance organ is of the greatest importance in the diagnosis of this disease. When otoscopy is determined by unchanged tympanic membranes.

Symptoms of Meniere's Disease

Despite the complete similarity of symptoms, the causes of endolymphatic gypsum in each individual patient may be different. Ménière's disease is rarely seen in childhood, usually a fairly long period of time is required for the development of endolymphatic dropsy.

Causes of Meniere's Disease

The disease does not have a definite etiology. The term "idiopathic" takes the first place in the definition of this disease; the main cause (or causes) of this nosological unit depends on a number of factors that can lead to the development of endolymphatic dropsy.

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