Having a sore ear can sometimes be very difficult for a man. But fortunately, like all other ailments, earaches can be treated by a specialist: an otolaryngologist. The latter is a specialist in ear, larynx, nose and throat ailments. His areas of expertise also include the bones of the temple, sinuses, mouth, esophagus, bronchi and trachea. Often an otolaryngologist is called an ENT.
An ENT: what to remember from this specialty of medicine?
An otolaryngologist or ENT specialist is a ear doctor, responsible for the diagnosis, differentiation and treatment of diseases of the head and neck. In particular, it treats diseases of the nose and sinuses, pharynx, larynx, ears, salivary glands and lymph nodes in the neck. Except the evils which are related to the eyes. Pediatric otolaryngology also has a pediatric department that treats the same disease. It is important to note that an ENT can also perform operations. Only that he does not intervene very urgently. This is because it takes a lot of medical precautions.
What is the real role of an ENT?
Glue specified a little above, otolaryngologists treat sinus diseases as well as those of the nose, throat, larynx and ears. Not to mention the salivary glands and lymph nodes in the neck. However, there are a few ailments that these doctors can take into account. These ENT doctors therefore treat acute tonsillitis and chronic tonsillitis, as well as their hypertrophy, gingivitis. They also deal with language treatments for pharyngitis and diseases of the laryngeal epiglottis. Far from these specialties, ENT doctors are also specialists in acute and chronic otitis media, as well as external otitis, earwax in the ear and many other things.
