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Ear Problems and Injuries, Age 12 and Older Briefly discusses common causes of ear injuries and problems, including infection, sports injuries, and loud noises. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
Ear Problems and Injuries, Age 11 and Younger Briefly discusses common causes of ear injuries and problems, including infection, fluid buildup, and allergies. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
Ear Infections in Children Learn about ear infections and how you can care for your child at home.
Ear infection (otitis media): Fast facts Find out what otitis media (ear infection) is.
Ear Infections
Recurrent Ear Infections and Persistent Effusion
Objects in the Ear Briefly discusses what types of objects can get in the ear and what increases the risk of foreign bodies in the ear. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
Ear Problems: Should My Child Be Treated for Fluid Buildup in the Middle Ear? Guides through decision to treat fluid buildup in the middle ear. Discusses risks and benefits of treatment such as ear tubes and adenoid surgery. Includes an interactive tool to help you make your decision.
Ear Canal Problems (Swimmer's Ear) Briefly discusses causes of swimmer's ear and common symptoms. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
Ear, Nose, and Throat Provides links to info on sore throats, ear infections, and sinusitis. Also has info on mononucleosis tests and decision aids for sleep apnea and allergies.
Swimmer's Ear (Otitis Externa)
Tubes for Ear Infections Learn how temporary ear tubes help treat ear infections.
Ear Tube Surgery
Complications of Ear Infections
Tympanocentesis for Ear Infections
Ear Infection: Should I Give My Child Antibiotics? Guides through decision to use antibiotics for a child's ear infection. Covers symptoms of an ear infection. Offers home treatment tips. Includes interactive tool to help you make your decision. This topic is only appropriate for children 6 months and older.
Here's Help: How to Give Your Child Eardrops Here's help with giving your child eardrops.
How a Scrape Heals
Scrapes Briefly discusses types of scrapes and how they heal. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
Body Piercing Problems Briefly discusses common problems from body piercings, including infection, problems with jewelry, torn skin, and scarring. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
Blocked Eustachian Tubes
Earwax Briefly discusses how earwax works to protect the ear canal and what may cause problems in the ear canal. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
Hearing Protectors
Harmful Noise Levels
Labyrinthitis
Curettage and Electrosurgery for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
Medicines That Cause Hearing Loss
Voice Problems
Laryngitis
Sore Throat: Here's Help Take a minute to learn about a sore throat and what you can do to feel better.
Hay Fever and Other Seasonal Allergies
Ménière's Disease
Hearing Loss Includes info on hearing loss. Discusses causes and symptoms like tinnitus, muffled hearing, and vertigo. Covers exams and tests used to diagnose hearing loss. Discusses treatment with medicine, hearing aids, or cochlear implant.
Snoring Contains information on snoring. Does not cover sleep apnea or sleep disorders. Includes info on what causes snoring. Discusses things you can do to stop snoring. Covers snoring treatments such as medicines, oral breathing devices, and surgery.
Broken Nose (Nasal Fracture) Covers how broken noses can happen. Discusses symptoms such as nose pain, swelling, and crooked or bent appearance. Covers diagnosis and treatment. Also covers possible complications, such as infection and breathing difficulty.
Sleep Apnea Focuses on obstructive sleep apnea. Discusses causes, including narrowed airways and obesity. Covers symptoms like snoring, gasping during sleep, and daytime sleepiness. Info on treatment with CPAP and oral or nasal breathing devices.
Object Stuck in a Child's Airway
Mitochondrial Diseases
Age-Related Hearing Loss
Esophagitis
Parotitis
Pressure Injuries From Scuba Diving
Strep Throat Discusses strep throat, an infection in the throat and tonsils caused by bacteria. Covers symptoms like sore throat and fever. Includes info on rapid strep test and throat culture. Covers treatment with medicines and surgery (tonsillectomy). Includes info on possible complications.
Scarlet Fever This topic discusses scarlet fever, a term used for strep throat with a rash. Covers the symptoms, the cause, how it's diagnosed, and how it's treated.
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) Discusses benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). Distinguishes between dizziness and a feeling of spinning (vertigo). Covers how it is diagnosed. Discusses treatment with head exercises (Epley and Semont maneuvers) and medicines.
Colds
Sore Throat and Other Throat Problems Briefly discusses symptoms of sore throat caused by virus and bacteria infections and irritants. Covers common cold, mononucleosis (mono), strep throat, and flu. Covers symptoms such as swollen glands and pain. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
Obstructive sleep apnea: Fast Facts Learn what sleep apnea is.
Sleep Studies Describes various sleep studies used to diagnose sleep disorders. Discusses problems like snoring, sleep apnea, insomnia, and narcolepsy. Covers common sleep studies, including polysomnograms, multiple sleep latency tests, and the maintenance of wakefulness test.
Object Stuck in the Throat
Stages of Sleep Apnea
What Is a Sleep Study? Learn what sleep studies are and why they're done.
Vestibular Neuritis
Sinusitis Discusses sinusitis, which is infection or inflammation of the lining of the sinus cavities. Covers acute sinusitis and chronic sinusitis. Looks at causes and symptoms. Covers treatment with medicines and surgery.
Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Mononucleosis (Mono) Discusses mononucleosis (also called mono or the kissing disease) caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Covers symptoms including high fever, severe sore throat, and swollen lymph nodes (swollen glands), tonsils, and spleen. Offers home treatment and prevention tips.
Swallowed Button Disc Battery, Magnet, or Object With Lead
Frequent Nosebleeds
Sleep Apnea: How Is It Treated? Learn about treatment choices for sleep apnea.
Tonsillitis Discusses tonsillitis. Covers symptoms like sore throat and swollen lymph nodes. Includes causes like the bacteria that cause strep throat. Discusses home treatment, nonprescription pain medicines, surgery to remove tonsils (tonsillectomy).
Anosmia
X-Ray Swallowing Study
Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) Covers how and why a fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing is done. Also includes how to prepare, risks, and what the results mean.
Disc Battery in the Nose
Objects in the Nose Briefly discusses types of objects that can get stuck in the nose and possible symptoms. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
Allergic Rhinitis Discusses allergic rhinitis. Covers common immediate and chronic symptoms. Looks at what increases risk. Covers treatment options. Offers prevention and treatment tips.
Types of Allergic Rhinitis
Strep Throat Complications
Tympanometry
Living With More Than One Health Problem
Nosebleeds Briefly discusses causes of nosebleeds, including injuries, health conditions, medicines, and changes in the environment, such as smoke. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
Facial Problems, Noninjury Briefly discusses causes of facial problems, including skin conditions and infections, and health conditions with facial symptoms. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
Needle Puncture and Aspiration of Sinus Contents
Environmental Illness
Neisseria Meningitidis
Body Piercing: Safe Jewelry Choices
Tonsillitis: Should My Child Have a Tonsillectomy? Guides through decision to have your child have a tonsillectomy for tonsillitis. Includes common reasons to have a tonsillectomy. Describes how this surgery is done. Covers benefits and risks. Includes an interactive tool to help you make your decision.
Strep Test for Children Learn what a strep test is and how it's done.
Sleep Apnea: Using CPAP Learn how CPAP works and how to use a CPAP machine to treat sleep apnea.
Sinusitis: Should I Have Surgery? Guides through decision to have surgery to treat chronic sinusitis. Discusses endoscopic and traditional surgery. Explains who is a good candidate for surgery. Lists reasons for and against surgery. Includes interactive tool to help you make your decision.
Repair of a Deviated Septum (Septoplasty)
Rapid Strep Test for Strep Throat Explains rapid strep test to test for bacteria that cause strep throat (streptococcal pharyngitis). Explains when test is done and what results mean.
Sleep Apnea: Time to Get Checked Learn about the different ways that sleep apnea can affect the quality of your life.
Nose Injuries Briefly discusses causes of nose injuries from sports, hobbies, and work-related activities. Covers seriousness of a broken nose and possible complications. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: Before Your Surgery Learn what to expect when you have endoscopic sinus surgery and how to prepare for it.
Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: Returning Home Find out how you'll feel after endoscopic sinus surgery and how to take care of yourself at home.
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Sleep Apnea: How Treatment Can Improve Your Life Learn about the benefits of treating sleep apnea.
Sleep Apnea: Having Trouble With CPAP? Learn ways to get past common problems with using CPAP.
Oral Breathing Devices for Sleep Apnea and Snoring
Vertigo: Staying Safe When You Have Balance Problems Discusses safety issues for those with vertigo. Offers tips for home and personal safety.
Mononucleosis Tests Covers monospot test (heterophil test) and EBV antibody test, blood tests used to diagnose mononucleosis (mono), which is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus. Covers how it is done and risks. Also includes info on what test results might mean.
Epley and Semont Maneuvers for Vertigo
Mononucleosis Complications
Vertigo: The Epley Maneuver Learn how the Epley maneuver can help you get rid of your vertigo.
Hearing Loss in Children, Age 4 Years and Older
Hearing Loss: Should I Get Hearing Aids? Guides through decision to get hearing aids. Explains the types of hearing aids, how they work, and how they are best used. Covers benefits and risks. Includes an interactive tool to help you make your decision.
Mouth Piercing Problems
Hearing Loss in Babies, Newborn to Age 3 Months
Hearing Loss in Babies, Ages 4 to 6 Months

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