ENT Health Blog

Many adults are shocked when their ENT recommends a tonsillectomy. They ask, isn’t that something for children? Or, is there an age limit for tonsil removal in adults? Well actually, there’s no real age limit on a tonsillectomy. Rather than considering your age, your provider will look for particular presentations and continuing symptoms which may […]

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Painful swallowing is something that pretty much everyone has experienced at some point. When we were kids, our mothers often blamed it on something going down the “wrong pipe,” and we accepted that explanation. As adults, we seek a more precise understanding of why this occurs. Is it an ongoing problem or does it occur […]

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You know those typical cold symptoms? Common things like a runny nose, sneezing, fever, and coughing. The cold virus itself isn’t the cause of most of these symptoms, as it happens. Instead, these symptoms are a by-product of your immune response. It may sound strange, but your immune system produces a fever to safeguard you […]

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