Category: ENT

Tinnitus is defined as a sound a person hears that is generated by the body, rather than by outside source. Most tinnitus is subjective. This means the examiner cannot hear it, and there are no tools to measure or hear Read More …

Ear irrigation is an important tool for adult and pediatric patients in the Emergency Department (ED) with ENT complaints. Irrigation can be used to clear ear cerumen, visualize tough-to-see tympanic membranes, and remove foreign bodies. This may reduce the need Read More …

Otitis Externa (OE) is an inflammation, infectious or non-infectious, of the external auditory canal. In some cases, inflammation can extend to the outer ear, such as the pinna or tragus. OE can be classified as acute (lasts less than 6 Read More …

Otitis media is a group of inflammatory diseases of the middle ear. The two main types are acute otitis media (AOM) and otitis media with effusion (OME). AOM is an infection of rapid onset that usually presents with ear pain. In young children, this may result in pulling at Read More …

Earache/Otalgia or ear pain, in or about the external ear and temporal bone may occur from multiple causes, many of which are remote from the ear itself. Otorrhea, or ear drainage, indicates inflammation of the external or middle ear or Read More …

Ear Pain is also known as earache, is a pain in the ear. Primary ear pain is pain that originates from the ear. Secondary ear pain is a type of referred pain, meaning that the source of the pain differs from the location where the Read More …

Foreign Body Removal  From Ear (FB) is any object originating outside the body of an organism. In machinery, it can mean any unwanted intruding object Most references to foreign bodies involve propulsion through natural orifices into hollow organs. Foreign bodies can be inert Read More …

Ear Foreign Body Removal (FB) is any object originating outside the body of an organism. In machinery, it can mean any unwanted intruding object Most references to foreign bodies involve propulsion through natural orifices into hollow organs. Foreign bodies can be inert or Read More …

Cleft lip and cleft palate, also known as orofacial cleft, is a group of conditions that includes cleft lip, cleft palate, and both together. A cleft lip contains an opening in the upper lip that may extend into the nose.[rx] The opening Read More …

Cleft lip deformity is one of the most common congenital deformities, and management requires an interprofessional approach to address the physical cleft deformity along with resulting issues in speech and swallowing. Many types of cleft lip deformity can occur, often Read More …

The Adenoids are a grouping of lymphoid tissue located on the posterior wall of the nasopharynx behind the soft palate. The adenoids, along with the faucial tonsils, lingual tonsils, and tubal tonsils of Gerlach make up what is known as Waldeyer’s Read More …

Retrognathia is a term used to describe an unusual position of the mandible. Retro implies that there is deficient growth and ‘gnathia’ means about the jaws (particularly mandible). To the specialists above, describing a patient as retrognathic has specifically means Read More …