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 22:46 | 12/Mar/2008 |
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| OSSICLES There are three small bones in the middle ear.These are malleus ,incus and stapes. Stapes is perhaps the smallest bone in the human body.These conduct sound from tympanic membrane to the inner ear.Any disease causing fixation or disruption of this chain will produce hearing loss which can be judged by tunic fork tests qualitatively and pur...
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| 21:21 | 9/Mar/2008 |
| ENT - oral ulcers | |
| ORAL ULCERS Oral ulcers are a very common problem. They are painful as well as restrict us from doing one of our favourite timepass known as eating. There can be many causes of oral ulcers but the commonest is vitamin B deficiency.The common oral ulcer known is the aphthous ulcer. In addition to vitamin B deficiency , emotional disturbances also ac...
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| 23:56 | 5/Mar/2008 |
| ENT - Tympanic membrane | |
| TYMPANIC MEMBRANE Tympanic membrane commonly known as drum separates the external ear from the middle ear. It is pearly white in color and is semitranslucent. There are some landmarks on the tympanic membrane which are -Handle of malleus which slants in posterior direction.Cone of light which gets reflected in anteroinferior quadrant.Umbo - the mos...
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| 00:41 | 5/Mar/2008 |
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| HEARING IMPAIRMENT (CONDUCTIVE) In children glue ear or secretory otitis media is a leading problem which causes conductive hearing loss.The main condition which lead to secretory otitis media is a nasopharyngeal lymphoid tissue called adenoids. This tissue either cause mechanical blockade of Eustachian tubes causing decrease in middle ear pressure...
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| 00:18 | 4/Mar/2008 |
| ENT-conductive hearing loss-secretory ot... | |
| The child will have decrease in hearing,irritation in the ears and earache sometimes. The main complaint comes from the teacher who reports that the child is inattentive in class or parents observe that the child listens the television at a higher level.On eamination there can be retraction of tympanic membrane or bubbles of fluid can be seen throu...
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| 12:31 | 1/Mar/2008 |
| ENT Fracture of nose | |
| FRACTURE OF THE NOSE Nasal bones are one of the commonest bones to get fractured because of their outward prominent position making them to become more prone to trauma due to accidents and fights. Secondly these bones are thin and easily broken. After nasal fracture, the patient usually bleeds from the nose. Swelling appears early and there can be ...
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| 20:27 | 29/Feb/2008 |
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| PAIN IN THE EAR-ACUTE SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA Acute otitis media can occur in any age group but is more common in children.Most of the kids below the age of four years suffer atleast once from severe pain in the ear especially during the night time. This is an acute condition. The child becomes irritable in initial stages and as the stage progress...
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| 23:01 | 28/Feb/2008 |
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| HEARING IMPAIRMENT There can be a number of causes of decreased hearing causing conductive deafness. Conductive deafness means decreased hearing due to impairment in conduction of sound from external auditory canal to inner ear. for details - www.ent-ear-nose-throat.blogspot.com
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| 20:55 | 26/Feb/2008 |
| Perforation of Tympanic Membrane/drum | |
| PERFORATION OF DRUM Perforation or hole of the ear drum (tympanic membrane) is a common problem. The cause of this problem can be injury from outside by inserting pins,match sticks etc during self cleaning of the ear or scratching the ear and blast injury due to slap on the ear, bomb blasts or blasts due to crackers. For more details - www.ent-ear-...
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| 00:33 | 26/Feb/2008 |
| FURUNCLE OR BOIL IN THE NOSE | |
| BOIL IN NOSE (FURUNCLE) Boil also known as furuncle of the nose is a fairly common condition.The main cause is nose picking causing infection of the the hair follicle of the nasal vestibule. This is common in dry climate where the secretions of the nose get dried up and cause irritation in the nose forcing the person to introduce finger in the nose...
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