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Carotid Body Tumour
Carotid Body Tumour: A Rare Tumour That Demands Specialised Surgical Expertise A Carotid Body Tumour (CBT) is a rare tumour arising from the carotid body, a small structure located at the division of the common carotid artery into the internal and external carotid...
Thyroid Surgery: FAQs About Thyroidectomy
Thyroid Surgery: 16 Questions Patients Commonly Ask If you've been told that you may need thyroid surgery, you probably have many questions. Do I really need surgery? Can it be avoided? Will my entire thyroid have to be removed? Can I have a smaller incision? Will my...
Thyroid Nodule FAQ’s: 7 Questions Patients Ask
Thyroid FAQs: 7 Questions Patients Ask 1. Can a benign thyroid nodule turn into thyroid cancer? Most benign thyroid nodules remain benign. However, a nodule that was previously assessed as benign may sometimes require reassessment if it changes significantly in size...
Thyroid Cancer
Thyroid Cancer: What to Know Before You Panic The word “cancer” changes how you hear everything that follows. If you've been told that a thyroid nodule needs further testing, or the words “thyroid cancer” have already been used, your mind may immediately go to the...
Chronic Throat Pain
Chronic Throat Pain: Why It's Usually Not Your Tonsils If you've been dealing with a sore, scratchy, irritated throat for weeks or months, the tonsils are almost always the first thing blamed — by patients and, unfortunately, sometimes by doctors too. But in the...
Pulsatile Tinnitus
Pulsatile Tinnitus: Why That Whooshing Sound in Your Ear Might Not Be Dangerous If you've ever noticed a rhythmic whooshing, swishing or thumping sound in your ear — one that seems to beat in time with your heart — you've likely already done what most people do next:...
Adenoid surgery: Should You Operate, or Wait?
Adenoid surgery: Should You Operate, or Wait? If your child has been told the adenoids are enlarged, the question that follows is almost always the same: Sometimes the answer is surgery. Sometimes the right answer is to watch and wait. This piece is about how that...
Vertigo Attack: What to Do and What NOT to Do
Vertigo Attack: What to Do and What NOT to Do A vertigo attack is not the time to “walk it off.” I want to share a story that has stayed with me. A patient once told me about his wife, who suffered from vertigo and subsequently fell, sustaining a serious injury that...
Intratympanic Steroid Injection: Uses, Benefits, Risks & Recovery
Intratympanic Steroid Injection: A Fast, Direct Solution for Sudden Hearing Loss Waking up to muffled sound or a sudden, dramatic drop in hearing in one ear can be terrifying. Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSHL)—often described as an unexplained loss of hearing...
Can Acid Reflux Cause Snoring?
Can acid reflux cause snoring? Hidden Signs Why many patients—and even many doctors—miss the hidden causes of snoring. If you wake up gasping or congested, you might wonder: can acid reflux cause snoring? The short answer is yes. Snoring is usually blamed on obesity,...
Not Every Vertigo Is Ménière’s Disease
Not Every Vertigo Is Ménière's Disease If you have been diagnosed with Ménière's disease—or suspect you have it—it is worth pausing before accepting the label. Vertigo is a symptom, not a diagnosis. The sensation of spinning, tilting, imbalance or being pulled to one...
Vertigo Misdiagnosis
Vertigo Misdiagnosis: Why Your Symptoms Keep Coming Back You've been dizzy for months. Maybe years. You've seen a doctor. Maybe three. You've been told it's stress. Or cervical spondylosis. Or simply "vertigo" — without a clear explanation of what is actually causing...