Hematoma of the nasal septum - occurs when the nose is damaged, which are accompanied by hemorrhages in the submucosal-perichondrial layer and, under the influence of the secondary infection, can be absorbed and transferred to the abscess. Read the rest of this entry »
Atresia and synechia of the nasal cavity are cartilaginous, bony, or connective tissue fissures, completely or partially overlapping the nasal lumen. The most common causes of their occurrence are: burns (chemical or thermal), injuries, diseases (systemic lupus erythematosus, smallpox, typhoid, diphtheria, syphilis, scleroma), therapeutic cauterization of the nasal cavity (electrocautery). Read the rest of this entry »
Anthritis (otoanthritis) is an inflammatory lesion of the antrum mucosa (cave of the mastoid process). This disease in the vast majority of cases occurs in children under one year, and more often in weakened by various diseases, or in premature babies. Read the rest of this entry »
Angina - a fairly common infectious disease caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi, a characteristic feature of which is the defeat of palatine tonsils. Also, the inflammatory process can develop in the nasopharyngeal, laryngeal and lingual tonsils; then angina, respectively, will be nasopharyngeal, laryngeal or lingual. Read the rest of this entry »
Adenoids (adenoid vegetations) - pathological hyperplasia (dilatation) of lymphoid tissue, which forms the basis of the nasopharyngeal tonsil. These formations are found both in isolation and in combination with enlarged palatine tonsils. Most adenoids are found in children ages from three to ten years (possibly their appearance at an early age and at the end of puberty). Read the rest of this entry »
Labyrinthitis is an inflammatory lesion of the ear maze, with diffuse or limited lesions of the peripheral parts of the vestibular and auditory analyzers. Labyrinthitis on etiology is distinguished for hematogenous (measles, epidemic parotitis), Read the rest of this entry »
Eustachiitis is an acute or chronic inflammatory lesion of the auditory (Eustachian) tube, in which a significant decrease in hearing is observed due to disturbed ventilation of the middle ear. In most cases, this disease is considered as the initial stage of catarrhal otitis. Read the rest of this entry »
Aerosynusitis - inflammatory manifestations in the paranasal sinuses, which arise due to differences in barometric pressure. It is most often observed in people working in caissons, in pilots (sometimes in air passengers) and in experimenters in pressure chambers. Read the rest of this entry »
