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THE ENT BLOG
Ear, Nose & Throat insights from Mike Dilkes, expert in ENT laser surgery
Blocked nose and one sided face pain
Blocked nose due to septum deviation causes snoring and facial pain.
Big tonsils can be lasered back to very small remnants.
Big tonsils cause lots of problems. They can be successfully shrunk right back by laser tonsillectomy under local anaesthetic spray.
Tonsil stones and bad breath
Bad breath is more likely to be caused by tonsil problems than tooth disease! Tonsil stones are the same as periodontal bad breath causes.
Nose unblocking for snorers and yoga practitioners
Snorers often have a blocked nose. Yoga practitioners too. A simple solution is to perform turbinoplasty under local anaesthetic in clinic.
The nose
The nose.
Mike Dilkes
Mike Dilkes MS FRCS Consultant ENT Surgeon and ENT expert witness.
Bad taste and breath but no tonsil stones or teeth/gum problems?
Sometimes patients with bad breath and taste don't know they have tonsil stones, they just fall out and are swallowed. It's still...
Blocked nose causes snoring, dry mouth, loss of sense of smell and can be a cause of bad breath.
Nose blockage / blocked nose is a major symptom to many people with lots of add-on effects, such as snoring, dry mouth, bad breath etc.
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