ENT

Otolaryngology refers to one of the fields of medicine, the task of which is the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of diseases of the ear, throat, nose. The reception is conducted by an ENT doctor.

You can get a referral from your family doctor to contact an otolaryngologist at the medical center Polyclinic.ae. If you have one or more of the following symptoms and signs, you can consult a doctor yourself:

• sore throat, tickling;
• nasal congestion, discharge from nasal passages of mucous, purulent or bloody color, decreased sense of smell;
• the need for constant use of vasoconstrictive drops;
• snoring;
• pain, feeling of tightness in the projection area of the paranasal sinuses (forehead, below the eyes), especially when the head is tilted down;
• stuffy ears, hearing impairment, feeling of pulsation in the ears, dizziness;
• hoarseness of voice, loss of voice;
• probing of seals under the lower jaw, behind the ears, on the front and side of the neck (may be enlarged lymph nodes).

The clinic will help if you choke on food, a fish bone, if the child has a foreign body (small toys) in the nose, external auditory canal.

The latest digital diagnostic equipment of expert and premium class makes it possible to detect the slightest changes in organs and tissues.

A comprehensive examination, a careful examination by a doctor allows to diagnose the disease at an early stage, prescribe specific therapy. Early initiation of treatment is more successful both for the health and for the life of the patient, improves the quality of his life.

What diseases does an ENT doctor deal with

In the Polyclinic.ae clinic an ENT doctor can treat and diagnose diseases such as:

• acute and chronic laryngitis (inflammation of the laryngeal mucosa);
• pharyngitis (inflammation of the throat mucosa);
• tonsillitis (inflammation of the palatine tonsils);
• rhinitis (inflammation of the nasal mucosa);
• sinusitis (sinusitis, frontitis, ethmoiditis);
• otitis media (inflammation of the middle ear);
• eustachiitis (inflammatory eustachian tube that connects the middle ear and nasopharynx);
• mastoiditis (inflammation of the mastoid process of the temporal bone – behind the auricle);
• nasal polyps;
• adenoid disease, etc.

An otolaryngologist takes part in consultations, consults patients with other diseases, examines patients before surgery. Our clinic cooperates with leading surgical centers and clinics in Dubai, we can refer patients for the following operations:

• removal of adenoids;
• plastic surgery of the nasal septum;
• resection or removal of tonsils;
• manipulations on the paranasal sinuses of the nose;
• reposition of bone fragments after fracture;
• opening of abscesses, phlegmon;
• nasal tamponade for bleeding;
• surgical treatment of diseases of the vocal cords, chronic otitis media.

You can undergo the postoperative period in our clinic.

What types of examinations are carried out in the medical center Polyclinic.ae

Depending on the patient's complaints, the ENT doctor can conduct such types of examinations directly in the office as:

• pharyngoscopy (endoscopic examination of the throat);
• laryngoscopy (examination of the larynx, vocal cords);
• rhinoscopy (endoscopic examination of the nasal cavity);
• taking swabs and biopsy material for further pathohistological examination.

Modern equipment (ENT-harvester) allows to wash the tonsils, nose, external auditory canal, aspirate pathological fluid at a doctor's office.