Throat Diseases and Surgery
Laryngology
- Tonsillectomy (Removal of the Tonsils)When tonsils have to come out, how the operation is done, and what the first two weeks after it look like.
- Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSAS)Breathing stops during sleep. What it does to the heart and to driving, how the sleep test works, and the treatments from CPAP to surgery.
- Reflux DiseaseStomach acid reaching the throat. The difference between GORD and laryngopharyngeal reflux, the tests, and the measures that help.
- Mouth Ulcers (Recurrent Aphthous Ulcers)Small painful ulcers that keep coming back. What brings them on, which diseases they can point to, and how they are treated.
- HoarsenessHoarseness is a sign, not a disease. What causes it, how the vocal cords are examined, and when two weeks of it means you must see a doctor.
- Difficulty Swallowing (Dysphagia)When food takes longer or becomes hard to swallow. The causes, the two ways of assessing it, and the signs that mean you must be seen.
- Upper Airway Infections in ChildrenWhy antibiotics do not help most of these infections, what makes a child get them often, and when surgery comes onto the agenda.