Other ENT Conditions
ENT (Ear Nose and Throat) is a branch of medicine that deals with problems related to ears, nose, and throat. Doctors who have a specialization in this field are called ENT specialists. These specialists also treat conditions affecting the parts of your head and neck.
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ENT encompasses a host of conditions. Although most issues are usually treated with medicines, some may need surgery.
Snoring & Obstructive Sleep Apnea
While sleeping and breathing, turbulent airflow makes the soft palate tissues of the roof of the mouth and the throat vibrate and create a peculiar sound that is known as snoring.
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Snoring is taken more as a social problem rather than a medical one. After all, it is usually more problematic for those around the snorer rather than the snorers themselves.
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But snoring can sometimes actually be a sign of a way more serious problem. Snorers need to be investigated for serious conditions such as sleep apnea and other sleep-related breathing disorders.
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Sleep apnea is basically a stoppage of breathing, or a pause, during sleeping. Consult Dr. Mohd. Kareemullah Khan – Sleep apnea treatment In Hyderabad.
Facial Paralysis
When the face loses voluntary muscular movement on one side due to malfunctioning the 7th cranial nerve (also called the facial nerve and the one that’s linked to face muscles), the resulting condition is called facial paralysis.
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Facial paralysis can be caused due to an ENT condition called Bell’s Palsy. Bell’s palsy is a weakness or paralysis of the facial muscles occurring due to damage sustained by the 7th facial nerve. It results in a droopy appearance on one side of the face.
Fortunately, most Bell’s palsy cases improve in 2 weeks’ time and 80% of patients recover within 3 months.
However, supervision by an ENT surgeon during the recovery period is recommended.
Vertigo
Vertigo is a false sense of motion, spinning or feeling of imbalance. Sufferers often call it dizziness, imbalance, light-headedness or “chakkar aana”. Often the imbalance is associated with nausea, vomiting or unsteadiness on walking. It may worsen when you move your head.
Vertigo should not be mixed up with acrophobia.
Vertigo and dizziness are common complaints presented by patients to doctors of all specialties, and they affect all age groups. It is a fact that 20-40% of people are affected by dizziness at some point in time in their life; 15% of people have dizziness; 5% have vertigo in any given year; 2.5% of all primary care visitors report dizziness and 2-3% of emergency visits in the developed world is for vertigo.
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But it must be noted that vertigo is not a disease. It is only a symptom of a disorder. Therefore, suppressing the symptom is not the solution. A proper diagnosis of what is causing vertigo/dizziness is possible only when the doctor makes a systematic evaluation.
