Where can ear pain come from?
Earache is an ailment that can have a variety of origins and many causes. The vast majority of patients who see a doctor for this reason are children. They are much more likely than adults to have...
Congested ear - excessive wax secretion
Few people know how to take care of their ear hygiene. Most often they use ear sticks, which should be forbidden to clean their ears. Unfortunately, parents very often clean their children's ears...
Swimmer's ear - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Swimmer's ear is the medical term for an inflammation of the external ear. It is known to be a condition of an infectious origin and nature. It usually occurs when the ear canal is exposed to...
Conductive and sensorineural deafness - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Hearing loss (deafness) regardless of whether it involves the right ear, the left ear or both ears always requires consultation with an ENT specialist. In most cases, it occurs gradually. However, it...
Hearing problems in children - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Every newborn baby has their hearing tested very carefully before leaving hospital. After that, parents are obliged to have their children's hearing checked regularly (during pre-school and school...
Chronic peracoustic otitis media - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Peracoustic ot itis media is one of the very severe forms of chronic otitis media. The disease can lead to complete deafness if not treated properly. Its characteristic symptom is a nodule, called a...
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?
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...
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...
Retraction pockets as a complication of otitis media - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
A prolonged process of otitis media can lead to complications. One of these is refractive pockets. They are formed by the retraction of the eardrum into the eardrum cavity, and keratin deposits...
Menier's disease - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Menier's disease affects the structures of the inner ear and is associated with the formation of a hydrocephalus of the membranous vagus.
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.
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...
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...
