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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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 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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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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Snoring is extremely common and often an anti-social habit that bothers your sleep partner, rather than you. But did you know snoring actually means there is a significant degree of airway obstruction going on when you are asleep? It’s not just a quality of life issue here that we are talking about. At The ENT Clinic in Singapore, many snoring patients come…
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Does your partner snore loudly? So loudly that you yourself have trouble sleeping?! Men usually snore much more than women, so it’s usually their partners who persuade them to come to see us at The ENT Clinic in Singapore. Of course, some women snore too but most snorers tend to be male. What are the reasons for snoring to occur in Singapore?…
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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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It might be you or your spouse who keeps on snoring but have you ever wondered why? Is the persistent loud snoring something to worry about? Can you just blame your snoring on having a blocked nose or is it something more sinister lurking beneath the loud snoring noise? Read on and find out why it is important to sort out your…
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