Category: Ear
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Getting addicted to Nasal drops?
Rhinitis medicamentosa is a fancy name used for being addicted to nose drops. when the nose is stuffy and cannot breathe , what you do? you just put nasal drops or spray and open the nose beautifully, so you can breathe well. However, the fact is that later, the nose clogs again and you use…
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Wax in the ear?
What is Ear wax? Ear wax is a sticky liquid secreted by cerumen glands in the ear canal. It isn’t really wax in the ‘candle wax’ sense (paraffin). Skin contains many tiny glands whose sole purpose is to secrete a variety of substances. Sebaceous glands, for example, secrete sebum, which gives skin its greasy…
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Nose bleed – What can one do?
Epistaxis-Nosebleed Most nose bleeds (epistaxis) are not serious. However, some can be quite frightening, and a few are even life-threatening. We classify nosebleeds into two different types. Anterior nosebleed- Most nosebleeds begin in the lower anterior part of the septum, the semi-rigid wall that separates the two nostrils of the nose. The septum contains blood…