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THE ENT BLOG
Ear, Nose & Throat insights from Mike Dilkes, expert in ENT laser surgery
Nose blockage can be a chronic, perennial problem. Patients complain of loss of smell, mouth breathing, snoring. It is a very off putting symptom.
Nose blockage due to swollen inferior turbinates can be treated with laser turbinoplasty under local anaesthetic.
Treatment of tonsil stones
This hidden tonsil stone was easy to laser vapourise under local anaesthetic
Tonsil stone pockets where food and salivary debris traps and is firmed into smelly lumps causing bad breath
Tonsils can develop deep holes like these. Food and salivary debris lodges in here, forming a smelly tonsil stone
Snoring, postnasal drip and catarrhal throat clearing can be linked
This long thick uvula is causing all sorts of problems in this patient. Snoring, lump sensation, catarrh and post nasal drip
Advanced Laser ENT Treatments for Tonsil, Snoring, and Nose Issues
About Mike Dilkes ENT Surgeon
A stream of infected sinus mucous coming into the nose
Blocked nose, postnasal drip, catarrh and bad breath
Tonsil stones form in cracks, holes and crevices that run through the tonsils. They are basically food and salivary debris which becomes trapped, then rots.
These deep holes and cracks in the tonsils are where tonsil stones form. They can be the source of a bad taste and bad breath, particularly if the teeth and gums are normal
Understanding Tonsil Stones: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment Options
Tonsil stones form in crypts, crevices and fissures within the body the tonsil. They can cause bad taste, bad breath and sore throat.
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