An ENT specialist is a doctor who specializes in treating minor to severe infections and disorders of ears, nose, and throat. ENT disorders can be congenital or occur at any age of life. Sometimes the infection is minor and can be treated by a physician doctor. But in some cases, proper knowledge and experience are required to treat ENT disorders. In those cases, consulting an ENT specialist is the best option.

Ear infection can be painful at times as it usually appears with symptoms like a severe earache, redness, fluid discharge, inflammation, sensory disruption, hearing problem, dizziness, fever etc. In most of the cases its symptoms go away on its own and in some cases, it does require appropriate treatment. Some of the most common causes of ear infections are a viral or bacterial infection, cold, allergy, flu, swelling in nasal passages and throat, etc.

ENT disorders if not diagnosed or treated at right time, may cause permanent impairment and damage. These disorders are hard to recognize as sometimes they do not show any symptoms or problem. Some of the problems that warn you an ENT doctor visits are a hearing problem, ringing sensation (tinnitus) in the ears, ear infection, pain in the ear, sinus problem, throat infections etc.

There are some specific symptoms which are specific to ENT disorders and require specialized treatment. Some of the ENT symptoms are ear infection, nose infection, throat infection, ear injury, nose injury, hearing loss, hearing impairment, tonsil, allergy, asthma, sinus problem, nose bleeding, nasal congestion, sore throat, hoarseness, swallowing problems etc.

Sinusitis is a germ infection that causes inflammation and swelling in the tissues that surround the nose and ear. Some of its most common causes include immune deficiencies, allergies, infection from infected person, weather change, asthma etc. Sinusitis symptoms are somewhat similar to cold which makes it hard to differentiate between the two. Sinusitis symptoms include headache, stuffed and runny nose, low fever, cough, sneezing, thick nasal discharge, fatigue, congestion etc.