Overview

The ENT department specially covers every aspect of head & neck surgeries. You have to visit an ear, nose, and throat doctor if you have any ear impairment, condition, or disorder; this includes ear infections, hearing impairment, disorders that affect your balance, consistent ringing within the ears, and pain in the ear. ENT doctors also treat ear disorders that you’re born with.

The doctor treats and manages disorders and conditions that affect the nose like sinuses and issues that affect the sense of smell, the breathing process, and if it alters the physical appearance of the person.

ENT doctors specialize in treating various issues that affect the throat as well; some of the major problems are the ones that affect speech, digestion, the swallowing process, and singing.

Key Procedures

• Head and neck: Your ENT specialist should be able to diagnose cancerous and noncancerous tumours in the head and neck, including thyroid and parathyroid. Examples – cancer of the voice box and lump in the neck or thyroid.
• Plastic and reconstructive surgery of the face: ENT surgeons can perform functional, cosmetic and reconstructive surgeries to treat any abnormalities of the face and neck. Examples – rhinoplasty, cleft palate, hair loss, facelift, deviated septum, drooping eyelids.
• Rhinology: Diseases affecting the nose and sinuses. Examples – stuffy nose, bleeding from the nose, loss of smell and sinus disorder.
• Laryngology: throat disorders, voice and swallowing problems. Examples – gastroesophageal reflux disease, swallowing disorder, sore throat, hoarseness.