KBB · 4 min read
Sudden Facial Weakness: Bell's Palsy or Stroke—and When Is It an Emergency?
Bell's palsy versus stroke signs, FAST warnings, ENT and neurological assessment, the first 72 hours, and eye protection.
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Blog · ENT and Rhinoplasty
Long-form guides from Prof. Dr. Hasan Ahmet Özdoğan, grounded in clinical experience.
KBB · 4 min read
Clear Fluid From the Nose: How Is a CSF Leak Distinguished?
CSF leak, beta-2 transferrin testing, CT-MRI, and emergency signs in one-sided watery nasal drainage.
KANSER · 4 min read
An Adult Neck Mass: When Are Imaging or Biopsy Needed?
The two-week threshold, risk signs, ENT endoscopy, ultrasound, contrast CT or MRI, and needle biopsy decisions for an adult neck mass.
OTOLOJI · 4 min read
Middle-Ear Fluid in Adults: Why Does a One-Sided Effusion Matter?
Adult ear fullness and conductive hearing loss, tympanometry, nasopharyngeal examination, observation, and tube decisions.
KBB · 4 min read
One Enlarged Tonsil in an Adult: When Does Asymmetry Matter?
Benign causes, higher-risk signs, endoscopy, neck assessment, and biopsy decisions in adult tonsil asymmetry.
OTOLOJI · 4 min read
Ear Discharge: What Causes Otorrhea and When Is It Urgent?
Safe distinction among ear-canal infection, perforated eardrum, chronic middle-ear disease, and clear drainage after trauma.
OTOLOJI · 4 min read
Pulse-Synchronous Tinnitus: Why Can You Hear Your Heartbeat?
Heartbeat-synchronous ear noise, possible vascular and ear causes, tailored imaging, and warning signs that should not be delayed.
KBB · 4 min read
Peritonsillar Abscess: When Is Severe One-Sided Throat Pain an Emergency?
Muffled voice, trismus, drooling, airway risk, diagnosis, drainage, and antibiotics for quinsy.
LARINGOLOJI · 4 min read
Vocal Fold Paralysis: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options
Hoarseness, aspiration, laryngoscopy, imaging, voice therapy, and surgery in unilateral vocal-fold paralysis.
KBB · 4 min read
One-Sided Nasal Blockage and Bleeding: When Should It Be Investigated?
An evidence-based guide to endoscopy, imaging, bleeding, and warning signs in persistent unilateral nasal obstruction.
KBB · 4 min read
Home Test or Polysomnography for Sleep Apnoea: How Is the Right Test Chosen?
Differences, limits, and selection criteria for home respiratory testing and laboratory polysomnography in obstructive sleep apnoea.
OTOLOJI · 4 min read
Vestibular Schwannoma: When Should One-Sided Hearing Loss Be Investigated?
Symptoms of acoustic neuroma, audiometry and MRI, plus observation, radiosurgery, and microsurgery decisions.
OTOLOJI · 7 min read
Sudden Hearing Loss: Why Same-Day ENT Assessment Matters
Hearing that drops in one or both ears over hours or a few days may reflect a simple blockage or a time-critical inner-ear condition. An evidence-based guide to warning signs, first assessment, audiometry, treatment options, and follow-up.
KBB · 4 min read
Tonsil Stones and Bad Breath: Safe Care, Myths, and ENT Assessment
How tonsil stones form, their link with bad breath, safe home care, practices to avoid, and warning signs.
LARINGOLOJI · 4 min read
A Lump in the Throat: Globus or True Swallowing Difficulty?
Distinguishing globus from dysphagia, warning signs, the roles of reflux and stress, and ENT evaluation.
OTOLOJI · 7 min read
Earwax Impaction: Safe Cleaning and When to See an ENT
Earwax is normal and protective; it becomes a problem when it causes symptoms or blocks examination of the eardrum. An evidence-based guide to cotton buds, ear candles, home vacuums, drops, irrigation, microsuction, and ENT assessment.
OTOLOJI · 4 min read
Perforated Eardrum: First Aid, What to Avoid, and Healing Follow-up
Safe first aid after a blow, cotton bud, blast, or pressure injury: keeping the ear dry, warning signs, and follow-up.
OTOLOJI · 4 min read
Eustachian Tube Dysfunction: Why Does the Ear Feel Pressurised or Full?
Ear pressure, fullness, popping, and pain on flights: types of Eustachian tube dysfunction, accurate diagnosis, warning signs, and individualised care.
KBB · 4 min read
Ear Pain with a Normal Ear Examination: Causes of Referred Otalgia
Dental, jaw, throat, laryngeal, and neck sources of persistent pain despite a normal ear examination; warning signs and evaluation.