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Forum: Medical & Health

2nd May 2008, 20:14

Replies: 165

Blocked Eustachian Tube

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Posted By Mac the Knife

I can't be a fount of wisdom here because I only...

I can't be a fount of wisdom here because I only deal these days with CSOM and Eustachian tubes as part of the problem in my cleft-palate patients.

What I can say is that middle ear ventilation...

Forum: Medical & Health

1st May 2008, 15:57

Replies: 165

Blocked Eustachian Tube

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Posted By Mac the Knife

Interesting thought mad_jock. Hyperbaric oxygen...

Interesting thought mad_jock. Hyperbaric oxygen for eustachian tube dysfunction. The volume of air in the middle ear is tiny (<1cc) so I don't know that it would work. Rather an expensive solution...

Forum: Medical & Health

1st May 2008, 09:41

Replies: 165

Blocked Eustachian Tube

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Posted By Mac the Knife

"If you know of a reliable and valid tool to...

"If you know of a reliable and valid tool to distinguish viral from bacterial OM....."

Well there isn't one. A red drum and a child with viral type symptoms is probably viral. Stinky pus and...

Forum: Medical & Health

1st May 2008, 07:20

Replies: 165

Blocked Eustachian Tube

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Posted By Mac the Knife

Sigh. Gingernut off again on his antitherapeutic...

Sigh. Gingernut off again on his antitherapeutic hobbyhorse.

Lets try and get a few things straight.

"In the old days, we relied on what "experts" thought would work...."

The days of "I...

Forum: Medical & Health

30th Apr 2008, 14:16

Replies: 165

Blocked Eustachian Tube

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Posted By Mac the Knife

".....it appears that grommets rarely work,..." ...

".....it appears that grommets rarely work,..."

Nonsense. They work very well for most people.

and have a large risk of permanent hearing damage as they involve making a hole in the...

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