THE ENT BLOG

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

Snoring tonsils. An often overlooked cause of snoring. As seen when performing the Muller test.

Big tonsils cause snoring and sleep apnoea.

Inflamed lymphoid patch in posterior glosso-tonsillar sulcus

Inflamed Lymphoid patch below right tonsil

Nasty tonsillitis after laser tonsillectomy under local anaesthetic spray

This is nasty, generally laser tonsillectomy extinguishes any tonsillitis, but this must've been coming on a few days before I did the...

Beware of a chronically painful and discharging tonsil

Tonsil cancer is on the rise due to HPV infection. If you have chronic tonsil pain get it checked. See an ENT surgeon ASAP.

Bad Breath

Bad breath caused by rotten tonsils, tonsillitis and tonsil stones. Treated by superficial tonsil removal with local anaesthetic spray.

Blocked nose and snoring

I've been treating patients who snore for 25 years or more. Many thousands of cases. I've learned that everything revolves around the...

Tonsil stones form in holes within the tonsil, and can trigger tonsillitis

Tonsils stones and tonsillitis go together, that's a mainstay of this blog, as it's not well recognised. Tonsil stones form in holes like...

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