Have you ever wondered why you need a healthy normal eardrum? The eardrum is a special ear membrane which protects the inner ear structures from infection. It also conducts sound to help you hear clearly. When the eardrum bursts or ruptures, there is a higher risk of ear infection. This leads to hearing loss, ear discharge, dizziness, ringing sounds (tinnitus) and earache….
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Do you suffer from ear pain and blocked ear problems? Suffering from a painful ear and blocked ear are common problems which can affect your health and well-being. At our ENTcare specialist clinic in Singapore, we see many patients with ear problems. Sometimes, ear pain and blocked ear may originate from the back of the nose. The nose and ear are connected…
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Have you been suffering from a blocked nose and blocked ear at the same time in Singapore? There is nothing more annoying than having a persistently blocked ear, blocked nose. These tend to affect your hearing by giving you this muffled hearing sensation. In addition, it becomes difficult for you to breathe through your nose. At ENTcare specialist clinic in Singapore, we…
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Have you heard of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)? Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infection causes many cancers. So these include cervical cancer, anal cancer and also throat, tongue and tonsil cancers. In fact, HPV infection is the cause of up to TWO-THIRDS of throat, tonsil and tongue cancers! At ENTcare specialist clinic in Singapore, we see many patients with sore throat and a…
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Even though Singapore is going to go through one month of lockdown in April 2020 to try to prevent further spread of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) viral infection, our ENT specialist clinics in Singapore continue to remain open to provide an Essential Service. Many patients suffering from ear, nose, sinus and throat infections will still present acutely with severe pain and swelling, discharge…
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If you have been having ear discharge, your ear should be checked out early by an ENT specialist in Singapore. Do you know that ear discharge leaking out of your ear is abnormal? It is usually a sign of ear infection. Sometimes, ear discharge may be related to more serious ear problems like a cholesteatoma . In summary, a cholesteatoma is a…
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Have you ever heard of hearing implants and cochlear implants? These are not hearing aids at all and strangely enough, not many people are even aware that cochlear implants have been around for the past 40 years! More than 300, 000 cochlear implants have been inserted into the inner ears of people with severe hearing loss, to help give them back their…
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Blocked ear is one of the most common presenting symptoms at our ENTcare specialist clinic in Singapore. Indeed, this can be very annoying and troublesome for many patients with ENT problems. Some patients report popping and crackling sounds in their ears. This is usually a sign of their Eustachian pressure tubes trying to clear and open up. CAN NOSE AND SINUS CONDITIONS…
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Ear pain in children in Singapore is pretty common and we see many cases at our paediatric ENT clinic in Singapore. As a parent, what can you do about ear pain or earache in your child? You should not dismiss ear pain in a child as just earwax, especially if he or she is unwell or has a fever. In fact, you…
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Have you noticed a lump growing behind or on your ear? Sometimes this ear lump or ear cyst may be painful. If there is pain, it is usually due to an infected skin cyst or sebaceous cyst. These ear lumps tend to be quite common. So we often see them present at our ENTcare Specialist Clinic in Singapore DOES YOUR EAR LUMP…
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