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THE ENT BLOG
Ear, Nose & Throat insights from Mike Dilkes, expert in ENT laser surgery


Tonsil stones cause discharge, bad taste, bad breath, sore throats and tonsillitis.
Tonsil stones are pieces of food and general mouth debris that lodge in cracks and holes in the tonsils. They are compressed into firm...


A large tonsil stone in the right tonsil. Tonsillitis and ear pressure are associated.
Tonsil stones, tonsillitis, bad taste, bad breath. All part of the spectrum of disease caused by the palatine tonsils. Laser tonsillectomy.


Mega slug-like polyp and deviated septum. Can’t smell and can’t sleep!
The patient needs two operations. He has a large antrochoanal polyp running down the back of his nose and blocking the post nasal space...


Tonsils with deep crevices and holes, plus underlying chronic tonsillitis. Not healthy.
Tonsil problems treated by sequential intracapsular laser tonsillectomy under local anaesthetic spray in clinic.
A tonsillitis sufferer until a single laser tonsillectomy under local anaesthetic sorted it out:
Laser tonsillectomy for tonsillitis
Nose unblocking treatment using local anaesthetic laser turbinoplasty
Nose unblocking laser surgery in the clinic under local anaesthetic.


Post Nasal Drip - a common problem but poorly diagnosed
White streaks of mucopus coming down from the natural sinus drainage points and reservoiring in the post nasal space before dropping into...


Chronic tonsillitis and discharge coming from a tonsil pocket where debris is collecting
Top left you can see a deep pocket full of white material, probably impacted food. It is setting a up a chronic reaction with discharge...
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