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The Ear, the organ of sound and balance PDF Print E-mail
Written by dr rend-san   
Monday, 02 August 2010 06:19

The ear is divided into the outer, middle, and inner parts. The outer ear consists of the auricle and the auditory canal. The middle ear, a small chamber lying within the temporal bone and separated from the outer ear by the eardrum (tympanic membrane), houses the ossicles (three tiny bones bearing the names malleus, incus, and stapes) and communicates with the upper throat via the eustachian tube.

The inner ear consists of the outer osseous labyrinth enclosing the inner membranous labyrinth, whose parts are the cochle, semicircular canals, utricle, and saccule. A watery fluid, the perilymph, fills the space between the osseous and membranous labyrinths, and another watery fluid, the endolymph, fills the membranous labyrinth. The organ of Corti, the actual receptor of sound, is situated within the cochlea.

 
LASIK Eye Surgery PDF Print E-mail
Written by HC-Team   
Sunday, 07 March 2010 07:11

LASIK is an elected laser eye surgery that reshapes the beguiler rise of the eye (the cornea) to meliorate sensation. It is the most touristed sensation redaction surgery performed in the Unsegmented States and worldwide.

LASIK can reverse a sweeping extent of ametropia (ametropia), farsightedness (hyperopia) and ametropia. Variations and enhanced versions of LASIK countenance all-laser LASIK, trade LASIK (also called surface LASIK or wavefront-guided LASIK) and multifocal LASIK.

Last Updated on Monday, 08 March 2010 07:10
 
Acute Laryngitis PDF Print E-mail
Written by HC-Team   
Wednesday, 20 January 2010 10:00

Acute layngitis is often part of a general upper respiratory tract infection. It involves the pharynx, larynx and trachea. The cause of acute laryngitis are vocal abuse, foreign bodies, inhalation of hot gases or flames, or aspiration of caustic solutions (lye) and also infection.

 
Preoperative Precautions and Medication of Tonsilectomy PDF Print E-mail
Written by dr rend-san   
Wednesday, 13 January 2010 07:07

Before operation, the doctor should explain to the patient about the reason of the operation, the hospital routine, and also the expected postoperative course. If patient is a child, the doctor will give information to his parents. The child also should always be told what is going to happen. The doctor should obtain information from a careful history regarding bleeding tendencies and the result of routine test for bleeding and clotting times are not reliable indication of postoperative bleeding. We should postpone the operation if there is any suggestion of a beginning upper respiratory tract infection.

 
Laryngeal Symptoms PDF Print E-mail
Written by dr rend-san   
Saturday, 09 January 2010 22:43

Laryngeal symptoms are indication of disease processes of a vital nature. We can establish early diagnosis if patient report their symptoms when they occurs.

Hoarseness
It usually happen in early symptom but some disease cause hoarseness as a late symptom rather than as an early one. Any condition that interferes with normal phonatory functioning of the larynx cause hoarseness. As the vocal cords approximate for phonation, they vibrate; and air that passes through the larynx is variously affected according to the size of the glottic chink, the rapidity of the vibrations, the tenseness of the cords, and other factors. We may determinate the cause of hoarseness by examination of the larynx. If patient with hoarseness longer than 2 weeks, an inspection of the larynx is be done carefully.

Last Updated on Saturday, 09 January 2010 22:47
 
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