White patches inside your throat are like the flag on your mailbox. When it’s up, it means “take a look inside”, or in this case, “take a look at your health”. Because white spots in the throat can have so many different causes, and because some of these causes can be quite […]

Immunotherapy involves giving gradually increasing doses of antigens to patients with allergies that affect their safety or quality of life. Eventually, immunotherapy causes the patient’s allergic response to disappear or decrease to a negligible level. Once this happens, the immunotherapy can be discontinued.    Many patients don’t realize is that it is […]

The thin wall, or septum, between the nostrils, should be in the middle of your nose. Sometimes, however, it’s off to one side or the other. This is called a “deviated septum”. This condition is usually due to an injury, causing the cartilage or bone of the septum to shift or buckle. This can happen at birth.    […]

Ringing in your ears, otherwise known as tinnitus, can have a number of causes. The most common cause is prolonged exposure to loud noises (which is another reason to keep the volume down on the earbuds and wear ear protection while mowing).   While a history of exposure to loud noises can’t […]