THE ENT BLOG

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

Classic snorer's throat

Snoring is often made worse by an elongated palate and enlarged tonsils. Often the enlarged soft palate is caused by chronic snoring.

Tonsil stones. People don't like them.

Tonsil stones cause bad breath, bad taste and halitosis, plus they can trigger tonsillitis, acute and chronic.

Classic obstructed throat causing recurrent tonsillitis, blocked airway, snoring and sleep apnoea.

A very blocked upper throat due to large tonsils and a very thick and long uvula. This can be treated under local anaesthetic.

Laser turbinoplasty in clinic under local anaesthetic - nose unblocking

Laser turbinoplasty works well, but in this situation the patient had some pain so it was only half completed. As you can see the part...

Blocked nose due to a deviated nasal septum. This is a common cause of snoring.

Blocked nose due to a septal deviation can be nicely treated by septoplasty.

Nose unblocking surgery in clinic. Using the Holmium YAG laser under local anaesthetic.

Nose unblocking laser turbinoplasty under local anaesthetic in clinic. This procedure has a high patient satisfaction rate.

Snoring #7. What can be done about it? A daily series of blogs by Mike Dilkes, ENT-laser.

Snoring treatment is multidisciplinary, CPAP can be very effective when tolerated by the patient.

Snoring #6. What can be done about it? A daily series of blogs by Mike Dilkes, ENT-laser.

Snoring treatment, surgical and non surgical. Snoring can always be eradicated, it just depends on how far you want to go.