An ear infection is caused by fluid or bacteria trapped in your middle ear. When someone repeatedly gets an ear infection, or their ear infection seems to clear up and come back again, it is known as chronic otitis media, or chronic middle ear infection. At Del Rey, MD, patients with this issue receive expert …
Knowing when to go to the doctor is just as important as going to see them. Sometimes, the reason you feel fatigued could be because you need to take a nap. Other times, it could be the symptom of a deviated septum causing sleeping issues. Let’s take a look at common conditions that might require …
A stuffy nose, headache, watery or itchy eyes, and other allergy symptoms can ruin your day and disrupt your life. A survey study of over 40,000 Americans found that people can develop allergies they otherwise didn’t have. But did you know that allergies may resolve themselves? To understand how this can happen, let’s take a look at …
Nasal obstruction is defined as anything that obstructs airflow within the nasal passages. A wide variety of things can cause nasal obstruction, and the severity of each case depends on the individual. Your treatment option, like nasal obstruction surgery, for nasal obstruction will likely look different, depending on the cause. Let’s take a look at some …
When you think of the nose and the different parts of it, it can be easy to forget about the septum. You may imagine a septum ring piercing when the word septum comes to mind, but it is a lot more than that. The septum is the midline wall that separates your two nasal passages. …
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Rhinitis can be a debilitating condition or direct cause of your allergies that can hinder breathing through the nose and cause irritation. From itchy, watery eyes to constant sneezing and discharge, rhinitis is a frustrating condition to deal with, especially in the summer months. Right when you want to get outside and enjoy the weather, …
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Chronic Sinusitis can lead to continuous pain and discomfort in the face and nasal passages. So much so that you can become demotivated from doing the things you love as your nose is always causing issues it seems. But the good news is that there is a wide selection of sinusitis treatment options that can help you …
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It is estimated that about 35 million Americans suffer from sinus headaches each year. We see many of them every week at our three Del Rey MD offices. Sinus headaches are often painful, frustrating, and sometimes even debilitating, especially if they occur frequently or result from another sinus condition, such as allergies or sinusitis.  What …
When spring arrives, so do the sniffles, sneezes, and itchy eyes. For many people, these are the hallmark symptoms of seasonal allergies. But when they don’t go away after a few weeks, those symptoms could be a sign of sinusitis. Sinusitis is another condition that affects millions of people each year, and we see quite …
Surfer’s ear can affect anyone. You don’t have to be a surfer to develop the condition. Surfer’s ear is not to be confused with swimmer’s ear. The conditions are different. Swimmer’s ear develops when water is trapped in the outer ear canal. It can also be caused by cotton swabs or other objects damaging the …
