Did you know that many people suffer from difficulty trying to pop their ears? When do you need to equalise your ear pressures? It’s usually during a flight, especially during landing. The pressure building up behind your eardrums increases tremendously. This pushes on your delicate eardrums to cause severe earache with risk of eardrum rupture. CAN I FLY IF I AM SUFFERING…
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Have you noticed a sudden annoying noise in your ear or ears recently? This is called Tinnitus, a word which means any humming, whistling, crackling, popping, screeching or ringing sound in your ear(s). The meaning of the word Tinnitus originates from the Latin term, “tinnire” : To ring or tinkle. Tinnitus is all about having the perception of a noise in your…
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Have you ever suffered from itchy blocked ears? Most people would have experienced this really annoying ear problem at least once in their lives. Itchy ears can really drive you crazy! We see so many patients with itchy ears or blocked ears at our ENTcare specialist clinic in Singapore. Well, many people have an irresistible urge to dig their itchy ears. Once…
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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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