Palatine tonsils in children - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
A large number of parents visit their child's paediatrician or ENT doctor when problems with the palatine tonsils occur. This problem most often affects preschoolers and children in the first years...
Cough - causes, diagnosis and treatment
Cough is one of the most common respiratory symptoms. It is a defence reflex arising in response to airway contamination.
Laryngeal cancer - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Laryngeal cancer is one of the most common cancers of the head and neck. It is far more common in men and the main risk factor is smoking. Other risk factors include occupational exposure to harmful...
Chronic laryngitis - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Chronic inflammatory process involving elements of the larynx occurs in three forms: simple, hypertrophic and atrophic laryngitis. Risk factors mainly include the irritating effect of harmful...
Aphthous stomatitis - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
The disease is characterised by the occurrence of typical erosive lesions on the mucous membrane, usually of the cheeks and tongue. They have the appearance of well circumscribed lesions covered with...
Tongue inflammation - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Tongue inflammation can occur as a result of certain medications, e.g. antibiotics or particularly acidic or hot food, as a result of trauma, e.g. through dentures, as well as infectious agents....
Snoring - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Snoring, is an ailment that affects men far more frequently, although it is also found in women. The causes of snoring are numerous, as are the ways of dealing with it. Some prefer home remedies for...
Causes of tonsillectomy
The tonsils, are clusters of lymphatic tissue that are responsible for our immunity. They are part of the immune system. According to doctors' recommendations, they should not be cut out before the...
The pharyngeal tonsil, the so-called third tonsil - what do we know about it?
It so happens that some patients (both children and adults) may have a third tonsil, the so-called pharyngeal tonsil. Some do not feel that they have it, others have serious problems with it, with...
What is a tracheotomy procedure?
Tracheotomy, is one of the medical procedures that involves making an opening in the trachea. It is performed on patients of all ages who experience problems breathing through the mouth and through...
Salivary gland cancer
The salivary glands are endocrine glands and are divided into the parotid, submandibular and sublingual glands. Tumours of the salivary glands, originate in the cells that make up the salivary...
Laryngeal cancer - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Cancer of the larynx, which occurs more often in men than in women, usually strikes between the ages of 44 and 70. This cancer can develop in any part of the larynx, i.e. the epiglottis, glottis and...
Influenza - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, genetic background
Influenza is defined as an acute respiratory infection caused by infection with the influenza virus. Both children and the elderly, as well as immunocompromised people, are more susceptible to...
Singing/squeaker nodules
Singer's nodules, otherwise known as sacroiliac nodules, are caused by straining the vocal cords. They are more common in women than in men.
Short frenulum of the tongue - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
The frenulum is the mucosal fold that connects the lower surface of the tongue to the floor of the mouth. A shortened frenulum of the tongue is one of the most common congenital malformations of the...
Centor-McIsaac scale
The Centor-McIsaac scale is used to assess the likelihood of a streptococcal aetiology of pharyngitis.
Fungal stomatitis - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Oral candidiasis manifests as inflammatory changes in the mucosa, gums and tongue. There are several clinical forms of candidiasis. Acute pseudomembranous candidiasis, i.e. the popular thrush, often...
Hoarseness - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Hoarseness is manifested by a dull, rough voice. It arises as a result of disrupted vocal fold vibrations due to damage to the vocal folds or due to damage to the laryngeal muscles or their...
Swallowing disorders, or dysphagia - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Dysphagia refers to a swallowing disorder. It can occur at different levels of the oesophagus. The most common causes are: inflammation of the pharyngeal or oesophageal mucosa, neuromuscular...
Inflammation of the corners of the mouth
Inflammationof the corners of the mouth (oral cavities) consists of inflammatory infiltrates, erosions and cracks in the corners of the mouth. The duration of the lesions varies, and in most cases...
