ENT
Explanation
ENT, otorhinolaryngology, or "ear, nose and throat", is a very varied specialism. The range of different symptoms treated includes:
- Nose: nasal respiration, nose bleeds, broken noses, sinusitis, polyps, smell
- Throat: tonsils, tonsillitis, voice, coughs, swallowing, snoring, adenoids
- Mouth: tongue, cheeks, buccal mucosa
- Ears: ear infections, hearing, dizziness, protruding ears, hearing aids
- Neck: cysts, salivary glands, thyroid gland, lymph nodes
Surgical procedures
- Basic ENT: operation on the tonsils, the nasal septum
- Pediatric ENT: operation on the tonsils, on the adenoids, draining the eardrums
- Operations on the sinuses and on polyps
- Neck surgery: operation on cysts or lipomas on the neck, on salivary glands, on the thyroid, on lymph nodes in cancer cases
- Endoscopy: examination of the bronchi, the oesophagus. Intervention on the vocal cords (polyp, cancer), operation on cancerous lesions or not of the mouth or throat
- Facial surgery: skin lesions, protruding ears
- Low-impact cosmetic surgery: Botox or hyaluronic acid injection to smoothe out certain types of wrinkle
Contact the practice of Dr Ödman-Jaques for further information.