Treat Salivary Gland Swelling at Home with 4 Easy Steps [VIDEO]

It is not uncommon that a patient presents to an ENT office with sudden onset facial swelling due to an obstructed from a stone or infected salivary gland . The main salivary glands that afflict patients are the parotid over the cheeks and submandibular glands located under the jawline. Regardless of obstruction or infection, there are 4 simple ways to immediately start treating this condition at home. Watch the video to see what to do. Of course, if an infection is present, antibiotics…

11/29/2018 0

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Epiglottitis - From Diagnosis to Resolution Over Time (Pics and Video)

Normal Epiglottis The normal epiglottis is a very thin flap of tissue that closes over the windpipe when swallowing preventing food/liquids from going down the wrong way. Shown by the blue arrow in the picture, when the epiglottis becomes infected, it can swell in size to even obstruct the airway leading to death by asphyxiation. Indeed, epiglottitis is what is thought to have killed our first  President George Washington . Fortunately,  epiglottitis  is quite rare ever since the introduc…

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Smell Loss After Upper Respiratory Infection

Losing the sense of smell is not uncommon with upper respiratory infections (URI), typically with a viral common cold or flu. According to some studies, smell loss or decrease may occur between 18-45% of  patients who suffer from a URI. It is estimated that about 1/3 of such patients will fully recover their sense of smell with 2-3 years, most within the first year. Unfortunately, that leaves 2/3 of these patients who suffer from some degree of smell dysfunction. The key determining …

1/11/2018 0

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Honey May Help With Chronic Eczema of the Ear Canal

Image from Amazon . Please note that this honey was NOT used in the study described There was an interesting paper from the Netherlands regarding treatment of chronic recurrent eczematous otitis externa (ear canal skin inflammation) with honey ear drops with good success in 15 patients. Although it did not cure the problem, it did improve symptoms without the use of "medications." Eczematous otitis externa (which should NOT be confused with acute otitis externa or swimmer…

7/19/2017 0

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Surgeons Should Operate Naked to Decrease Risk of Surgical Site Infections

Image courtesy of adamr at  FreeDigitalPhotos.net This controversial claim was actually made by a well-respected surgeon, Dr. Dellinger , at a well-respected institution, University of Washington Seattle , and published in a well-respected journal, Clinical Infectious Diseases . Although this research article's title is certainly published in jest, there is an underlying more serious message. In any case, the argument goes like this:     • FACT : Humans constantly shed skin flak…

7/17/2017 1

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Wax Removal of Nasal Hair

Screenshot of video by Sepi Balini Makeup artist and vlogger Sepi Balini posted a video on instagram showing her nasal hair being removed by waxing. OUCH!  She's made of tough stuff as most individuals would have at least shed a tear given the nose is extremely sensitive, even with pulling just one nostril hair out. Watch the video here . However, this is NOT a good idea and I certainly hope is not something that picks up in popularity whether male or female. Although nasal h…

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