Diseases of the ear, throat and nose (otolaryngology)

Dependence on drops in the nose

There are drops that for several minutes eliminate nasal congestion with respiratory diseases, as well as allergic and vasomotor rhinitis: dripped two drops into each nasal passage - and you can breathe freely with your nose. It is these intranasal anticongestive (decongestant) drugs that cause dependence on drops in the nose.

Swelling of throat

Swelling of the throat is a pathological condition that occurs with many diseases. Consider the main causes of this symptom, the types, methods of diagnosis and treatment.

Acute nasopharyngitis

Acute nasopharyngitis is an infectious inflammatory disease of the nasopharynx.

Nasopharyngitis

In medicine, nasopharyngitis is considered a synonym for acute viral rhinitis, cold or acute respiratory viral infection of the upper respiratory tract.

Chronic odontogenic sinusitis

An important role in the occurrence of acute sinusitis can play an odontogenic factor. This is also the role of the odontogenic factor in the onset of chronic purulent maxillary sinusitis, as well as some odontogenic complications arising in the maxillary sinus, for example odontogenic cysts.

Labyrinthopathy

The term considered in this article includes a rather large number of pathologies, united by one aspect - the localization of diseases - this is the inner ear of a person.

What is dangerous angina?

What is dangerous angina? The fact that microbes and viruses, as well as the toxins they produce, get into the bloodstream and lymphatic system, cause infectious pathologies of other organs.

Hearing loss in the child

The reasons for hearing loss in a child can be many. Practically 50% of congenital pathologies of hearing are connected with hereditary diseases.

Causes of hearing loss

Age-related hearing loss is a fairly common phenomenon that can be observed in 35% of patients aged 70 years, and almost 50% after 75 years.

Perforation of the tympanic membrane

Perforation of the tympanic membrane means impairment of the impermeability separating the outer and middle ear of the elastic membrane (membrana tympani), which provides perception and amplification of external sound waves.

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