Bleeding After Tonsillectomy (Pictures)

Bleeding after Tonsillectomy (circa 2010) 5 years old patient Bleeding after tonsillectomy is a very rare, but potentially life-threatening event. The often quoted probability of bleeding after this surgery is 1 in 1000 . Many surgeons have statistics much better than this. I like to consider myself in this "better" group. But... no matter how good you are, if enough tonsillectomies are performed, statistically, a significant bleed after tonsillectomy will occur at some point no…

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The Art of Facial Paralysis

Professional photographer Sage Sohier spent 3 years in a Boston ENT clinic photographing patients suffering from facial paralysis along with family members. These intimate portrayals document the personal struggles patients with facial paralysis go through that is shared with family. Patients shown include children suffering from this malady. Her collection of photographs include people with mild to complete degrees of facial paralysis , a condition that usually occurs on just one si…

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Screwdriver into the Ear of Tennis Star Rafael Nadal

On a more humorous note, take a look at this picture from Sports Illustrated ... As per the caption in SI , it is EXACTLY what it looks like except, A worker at Madame Tussaud’s puts the finishing touches to a model of Rafael Nadal in London last May. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo) I did want to point out that though a screwdriver inserted into the ear canal may be OK for a wax model, it is not OK for a breathing, living human being.

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"Mouthwatering" Foods May Be a Misnomer?

In the spirit of Thanskgiving where thoughts of food predominate,  British researchers have determined that humans are NOT able to produce more saliva by merely thinking of foods whether hungry or not. This includes looking at pictures of sumptuous foods. What researchers did determine is that SMELLING foods increased salivary production significantly. Tasting and chewing was even more influential in salivary production. So at least for humans, unless the food is smelled, tasted, or ch…

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