Do you know that we get many requests from patients who want to see a Chinese-speaking ENT doctor in Singapore? I always assumed that all Chinese doctors would be able to speak Mandarin but this isn’t always true. At our busy ENT clinics in Singapore, I see many patients with ENT health problems who prefer to see a Chinese-speaking ENT doctor. Many…
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Did you know that loud snoring is one of the most common problems that we see as a busy ENT specialist in Singapore? This is often a sign of a more worrying condition called Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Funnily enough, the snorer is usually unaware of his snoring symptoms, until his partner, complains! Snoring is the noise which occurs when there is some…
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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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Did you know that many people suffer from difficulty trying to pop their ears and keep trying to unblock their ears with all sorts of strange jaw or facial movements? The most important time that you really need to be able to equalise your ear pressures is during a flight, especially during flight descent and landing. The pressures building up behind your…
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Do you know that if you suddenly lost your hearing in one or both ears, you need to see your ENT doctor as soon as possible? If the hearing loss is severe, it’s not going to be due to “just earwax”! Sudden hearing loss is a rare but serious ENT condition in Singapore and we see see approximately 3-4 cases every month…
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Did you know that many children often suffer ear, nose and throat problems for quite a while before their GP realises it’s time to refer them to a Children’s ENT specialist in Singapore? Some children may have had hearing loss which has gone undetected until the school decides to carry out a hearing screening test which shows that their hearing is abnormal….
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Everyone has had a sore throat at least once before in their lives but sometimes, your sore throat doesn’t seem to be getting better! So what might be causing your sore throat? In children and adults who come to see a top ENT specialist in Singapore, many have sore throats due to tonsillitis or recurrent tonsil infections. Other common reasons for a…
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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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Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) problems in children are pretty common in Singapore, as well as all over the world! So what common ENT conditions trouble our little ones? At our ENT specialist clinics in Singapore, many kids present to us with blocked nose, persistent coughing and difficulty breathing, both during the daytime and at night when asleep. Noisy breathing, including snoring,…
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