Bleeding from the ear - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Bleeding from the ear can happen/occur at any age (from young children, to adults and the elderly) regardless of gender. There are many causes of its occurrence. Most of the time, blood comes out of...
Protruding ears - a genetic defect
Genes are responsible for protruding ears and not, as once thought, the way a newborn baby is put to sleep. If one parent has protruding ears, there is a good chance that the child will also have the...
Congested ears - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
More and more patients are presenting to the ENT specialist with the problem of a blocked ear. It occurs in patients of all ages, from very young children to adults and also the elderly. A blocked...
How does the cochlear implant surgery go?
What is the cochlear implant surgery like? Is it safe for the patient? Are there any complications?
What do we know about cochlear implants?
A cochlear implant is a very well-known and widely used electronic prosthesis of human hearing. It is inserted in patients of all ages and gives deaf and dumb people the chance to hear. Placing a...
Acoustic otoemissions
OAEs, or acoustic otoemissions, are signals emitted from the inner ear as a result of the contraction of external hair cells induced by acoustic stimulation. The basis for the generation of...
Exudative otitis - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Exudative otitis is a very serious condition that always requires specialist treatment. It is a very devious condition as we do not always know that we are dealing with it. The symptoms of this...
Tinnitus - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Tinnitus is defined differently by patients. Some people hear squeaking, knocking, growling and others hear rumbling, whistling or hissing. They may occur sporadically or accompany the patient all...
Tinnitus
Tinnitus is described as various types of squeaking, rumbling, rustling, whistling, humming, knocking or ringing that prevent normal and efficient functioning in everyday life. They also disturb at...
Definition and causes of tinnitus in the elderly
Tinnitus is a very common complaint found in older people, and of course it can also occur in young adults and children.
Earwax in children
The wax that forms in the external ear canal in children is a normal (physiological) phenomenon. It has many functions, including protecting the ear from pathogens, moisturising, cleaning and...
Acoustic trauma - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Acoustic trauma is damage to hearing caused by noise. A distinction is made between acute and chronic trauma. Acute trauma is caused by a single loud sound, such as an explosion. Chronic injury, on...
Inflammation of the wormhole
The Mistletoe is a component of the inner ear and is responsible for balance and hearing.
Salivary gland inflammation - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Salivary gland inflammation can be bacterial, viral or specific, i.e. caused by conditions such as tuberculosis or toxoplasmosis. The parotid gland is most commonly involved in the inflammatory...
Disorders of ventilation and outflow from the middle ear - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Inflammatory problems of the middle ear are one of the most common inflammatory diseases of childhood. Many years of observation and practice by medical specialists indicate that the highest...
Structure of the inner ear
The mystery of the structure of the organ of hearing has puzzled physicists for a very long time, and it is thanks to their research that today's state of knowledge on this subject is so rich.
Diseases of the external ear
The organ of hearing is made up of three components - the ear, the auditory pathway and the hearing centres in the central nervous system. The ear and the cochlear part of the vestibular and cochlear...
The ear as a very complex organ - structure
For many patients, the ear is the part of the organ that we can see in the mirror, for example. No one realises that the structure of the ear is very complex and its functions are invaluable. Thanks...
Acute non-sinusitis - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
This condition usually accompanies acute upper respiratory tract infections and is associated with swelling of the mucous membrane around the pharyngeal orifice of the auditory trumpet. It is...
Otoscopy
When a patient presents to the doctor with ear complaints, the first things the doctor does are a history and an examination of the outer ear by looking at it.
