Amir (bukan nama sebenar) yang berumur 2 tahun ialah seorang yang aktif, sihat dan ceria. Bagaimanapun, ibubapanya risau kerana dia seakan tidak boleh mendengar dengan jelas. Pada mulanya, ibubapanya tidak begitu mengesyaki keadaan ini kerana dia masih menoleh ke arah…
Suddenly, out of the blue, your child complains of ear pain. No ear discharge, no fever, no hearing loss. Sounds a bit funny, so you bring him to the clinic. To your surprise, the doctor tells you he has a…
Perhaps you have read my previous article on swollen lymph glands in the MMG (https://www.mmgazette.com/should-i-be-worried-if-i-have-swollen-lymph-glands-dr-ahmad-nordin/). I did mention that the glands can become from a solid structure into a soft fluctuant swelling filled with pus. I do caution to those…
Setelah tidur dengan lenanya, anda perasan terdapat tompokan kecil darah di atas bantal kesayangan anda ketika terbangun dari tidur. Selepas beberapa ketika barulah anda perasan hidung anda yang sebenarnya berdarah. Anak anda tiada pada pandangan anda untuk jangka masa hanya…
All of us have heard of tonsil surgery once in our lifetime. But do any of us have any idea how it is done? I myself have absolutely no idea until four years of medical school. The surgery is done…
Ramai kenalan & sanak saudara saya sering bertanya- berapa kerap saya perlu mencuci telinga? Bagi para komuniti ENT, soalan itu agak berat untuk dijawab. Sebagai permulaan, saya akan mulakan dengan senario yang biasa pada kebanyakkan antara kita: Ramai antara kita…
How frequently should I clean my ears? How often should I do the following: place a cotton bud in my ear, push it in as far as possible, rotate it along the canal and extract as much muck as I…
What is the difference between these 2 terms? Plenty of times patients will asked me this, “Doctor, do I have sinus?”. Any medical practitioner will be tempted to say “Yes”, to any living person- whether healthy or not. I will…
Kita kadangkala ada melihat bukaan kecil di hadapan telinga. Ini digelar sinus preauricular (bermaksud: pre-sebelum, auricular-telinga). Sinus ialah sebarang saluran di bawah kulit dengan satu pembukaan di kulit. Harap anda tidak keliru dengan sinus hidung. Biasanya, ia tidak mendatang sebarang…
Most of us will encounter a strange feeling in the ear during flights. Some will hear less, some experience their ears popping and an unfortunate few will suffer excruciating pain. On a personal note, I have also suffered this once.…