Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board Acute External Otitis (AEO), known as Swimmer’s Ear, is a diffuse infection of the ear canal usually due to bacteria, which at times causes horrific pain. It can spread beyond the ear to the jaw and neck glands making it difficult and painful to open your mouth, chew
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JOSEPH R. ANTICAGLIA, MD Medical Advisory Board Allergic Rhinitis (AR) has been called Rose Fever, Spring Fever, Summer Cold, and Hay Fever. But, it does not cause a fever. It is not the common cold and it’s not limited to one season… Incidentally, how many people do you know who are allergic to hay? So
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Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD Medical Advisory Board “I can hear you Doc, but I can’t get a grip on the words” “Doc, people mumble all the time, they don’t speak up.” Another patient put it this way: “Have you ever driven on the highway and listened to the same radio station for 40 or 50
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JOSEPH R. ANTICALIA MD Medial Advisory Board Nosebleeds (“epistaxis”) have been a bloody nuisance from the time of Hippocrates to the present. It’s a common problem that can occur at any time, in any place and in any season. It’s most common in children from two to ten years of age and more frequent during
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For years physicians have struggled to identify the optimal blood pressure for a given patient population. The group of experts collectively known as the JNC (Joint National Commission) has been historically tasked to address the use of antihypertensive agents. Every few years, the JNC publishes recommendations on various topics as they relate to hypertension. Their
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JOSEPH R. ANTICAGLIA MD Medical Advisory Board Tinnitus (TINN-ih-tus) is the sound you hear in your ears that comes from your own body. It is not the telephone ringing — It’s your ears ringing — It’s your own body making noise. One in five people in the US complain of tinnitus. It can disrupt your
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board Hearing loss is the most common birth defect in the US. (1) Parents are encouraged to be proactive about a child’s hearing, speech and language development. These are some of the steps a parent can take to tract your child’s development. The following checklist is provided as a
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JOSEPH R. ANTICAGLIA, MD Medical Advisory Board Matthew was diagnosed as having hearing loss while still in the hospital, one day after he was born. It later proved to be a profound, permanent (nerve) type of hearing loss. Shanika passed the hearing screening test done at the hospital two days after birth. The parents left
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Lee Jackson MD Medical Advisory Board INTERPRETING AN ELEVATED PSA Elevated PSA levels must be interpreted thoughtfully and with care. There is not a level of PSA that is specifically diagnostic of prostate cancer. To use PSA in order to estimate a man’s risk of prostate cancer, PSA should be interpreted over time and in
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Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD The ear can be divided into three parts: an outer part of skin, bone and cartilage, an air-filled middle ear and a fluid filled inner ear. It is concerned with hearing and balance and is very sensitive to pain. There are two broad categories of pain: Primary and Secondary pain. When
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