What do you do if you suddenly notice that the hearing in our ear isn’t as good as before? What about that blocked ear feeling, as if you can’t pop your ear? It may feel like you’re on an airplane: You just can’t unblock your ears to equalise the ear pressures. Blowing your nose and pushing your jaw out are your attempts…
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Do you or your partner snore loudly or sleep poorly? As a busy ENT specialist in Singapore, I see many patients who suffer from disturbed sleep, snoring and difficulty breathing at night. The one main concern is that symptoms and signs of sleep apnea may go amiss. Yes, we screen for sleep apnea with a sleep study but what do you do…
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Have you wondered why your nose is always blocked? Why do you always find it so difficult to breathe through your nose? Breathing through your mouth will give rise to a dry mouth, especially in the morning. This means that little airflow is entering your nose at night when you sleep, due to a variety of reasons. Mouth-breathing is abnormal by the…
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At our busy ENT specialist clinics in Singapore, we see many patients who suffer from recurrent or persistent sore throat conditions due to many different causes. Everyone has suffered a bad sore throat in their lives at some point but what do you do if your sore throat doesn’t seem to be getting better? There are many ENT conditions which lead to…
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Do you know that many people in Singapore often suffer from a persistent runny nose or nasal backdrip? A postnasal drip is the flow of mucus secretions from your nose backwards into your throat. It is one of the most common nose conditions in Singapore, which people find annoying. The backdrip carries viruses and bacteria from your nose, leading to higher risk…
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Have you ever had an ear infection? If you have suffered ear pain before, then you will understand how terribly painful an ear infection can get. An eardrum infection can be even more painful than an infection of the outer ear canal, usually because the eardrum is inflamed and swollen, stretching the sensitive nerves of the eardrum to result in severe ear…
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So what do you do if you have accidentally injured your nose or even fractured your nose in Singapore? As an ENT specialist in Singapore, we see a few nasal injury cases every month, both children and adults with possible nasal fractures. Sometimes, the nasal fractures are the result of having been involved in a traumatic fight or argument, but more often,…
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Are you suffering from a persistently blocked nose with loud snoring, causing difficulty breathing and a feeling of suffocating? Many people have a frequently or persistently blocked nose and depend on their mouths to breathe, but yet don’t realise that mouth-breathing is abnormal. Mouth-breathing usually means that your nasal airways are blocked, and this restricts the oxygen flow into your body, affecting…
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Do you know that poor sleep quality can lead to poor health and increased risk of early dementia? We now know how important good sleep is to keep us in great physical health, prevent us from falling ill and maintain good mental fitness. As top ENT specialists in Singapore, many patients with poor sleep, snoring and breathing problems come to see us…
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Have you lost your sense of smell? Anosmia is the loss of sense of smell and it may happen because of many reasons, ranging from the common cold or flu, to sinus infections and nasal tumours. At our ENT specialist clinics in Singapore, we see many patients who have lost their sense of smell because of nasal allergy issues, nasal polyps and…
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