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Nasal Sounding Speech | ENT Health
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Expert Ear, Nose and Throat News – Now! Saturday, November 3, 2012. Saturday, November 03, 2012. There are actually TWO different flavors of nasal sounding speech. HYPO-nasal speech is due to reduced or no nasal airflow. And HYPER-nasal speech due to too much nasal airflow. Upper respiratory illness and/or bacterial. Rarely, genetic conditions like cystic fibrosis. And immotile ciliary syndrome. Rarely, anatomic conditions such as choanal atresia. Rarely, a sino-nasal tumor. Anatomic HYPER-nasal speech i...
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Azithromycin Increases Risk of Death Slightly... Well, So Does Tylenol and Ibuprofen | ENT Health
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Expert Ear, Nose and Throat News – Now! Saturday, October 13, 2012. Azithromycin Increases Risk of Death Slightly. Well, So Does Tylenol and Ibuprofen. Saturday, October 13, 2012. Has made much fuss about a NEJM study. Compared to amoxicillin, about 47 additional cardiovascular deaths per one million courses of therapy. Never mind the blatant biases found in the study nicely espoused on by cardiologist Dr. Wes. Thinking you should never take a z-pack again due to this slight increased risk of death?
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Elbowed by Your Spouse While Sleeping? You May Have Sleep Apnea! | ENT Health
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Expert Ear, Nose and Throat News – Now! Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Elbowed by Your Spouse While Sleeping? You May Have Sleep Apnea! Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Have determined that if a patient answers in the affirmative to two questions:. 1) Do you get elbowed/poked while sleeping for snoring? 2) Do you get elbowed/poked while sleeping for stopping breathing? There is a significant chance that the patient may have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). With AHI score more than 5. Actual diagnosis for OSA. Clogge...
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Negative Ear Pressure Causing Inability to Pop a Clogged Ear | ENT Health
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Expert Ear, Nose and Throat News – Now! Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Negative Ear Pressure Causing Inability to Pop a Clogged Ear. Wednesday, February 06, 2013. Have you ever closed the lid on an air-tight container containing a left-over hot meal and stuck it in the refrigerator? And than when you try to open the lid the next day once that hot meal cools down, it is REALLY hard to open the lid because of the accumulated negative pressure? In essence, the negative pressure has "locked" the lid down.
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Guest Post | ENT Health
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Expert Ear, Nose and Throat News – Now! Be heard on social media’s leading ENT voice! If you would like to submit for publication on ENT Health! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). There are actually TWO different flavors of nasal sounding speech . HYPO-nasal speech is due to reduced or no nasal airflow and HYPE. Elbowed by Your Spouse While Sleeping? You May Have Sleep Apnea! Breathing or Voice. You Can Only Have One. Devices That Help Fix Clogged Ears. Synthetic Vocal Cords [video]. Broken Owen Wilsons....
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Uvula Piercing | ENT Health
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Expert Ear, Nose and Throat News – Now! Saturday, February 2, 2013. Saturday, February 02, 2013. It happens, but thankfully rare. I will do, but truly uvula piercing is not something I would recommend given a whole host of problems it may cause including:. 8226; Airway obstruction. 8226; Uvular stretching. 8226; Uvular bisection. 8226; Accidental inhalation if it comes loose. 8226; Uvular swelling. Etc etc. etc. Indeed, most people would rather get their uvula removed. Rather than "enhancing" it! The...
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Embedded Earrings and Treatment | ENT Health
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Expert Ear, Nose and Throat News – Now! Sunday, December 9, 2012. Embedded Earrings and Treatment. Sunday, December 09, 2012. A few times a month, I have a patient, usually a young child, who presents with an earring. That not only can not be removed, but is embedded within the earlobe (or ear) itself. There are two common scenarios that lead to this unfortunate situation: infection and fiddling. Now, should the earring become embedded and manual removal not possible, surgical intervention is required.
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The Art of Facial Paralysis | ENT Health
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Expert Ear, Nose and Throat News – Now! Saturday, March 30, 2013. The Art of Facial Paralysis. Saturday, March 30, 2013. Professional photographer Sage Sohier. Spent 3 years in a Boston ENT clinic photographing patients suffering from facial paralysis. Along with family members. These intimate portrayals document the personal struggles patients with facial paralysis. Go through that is shared with family. Patients shown include children suffering from this malady. Cancer, stroke, accident, surgery. There...
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Why Do Biopsy Results Take So Long? [video] | ENT Health
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Expert Ear, Nose and Throat News – Now! Thursday, February 28, 2013. Why Do Biopsy Results Take So Long? Thursday, February 28, 2013. One of the most common questions I get after a surgical procedure is how long it takes before biopsy results are back. especially when a mass was removed and there is a cancer concern. Does it take a few hours? Disappointingly, it can take up to 7 days if not longer. You want to know why? Well, rather than explaining, watch a 6-minute video. Special thanks to Robin Earl.
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