That persistent feeling of mucus dripping down the back of your throat or constant need to clear your nose isn’t just annoying — it’s a condition called catarrh that affects millions of Americans.

The nose, ear and throat are much related. What affects the nose may affect the other two organs and vice versa. Nasal discharge is a common symptom of an underlying disease state in both adults and ...

An Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) specialist at Ring Road State Hospital Adeoyo, Ibadan, Dr John Babarinde, has warned Nigerians against dismissing persistent catarrh and nasal allergies as minor ailments ...

Read before the Surgical Section of the Suffolk District Medical Society, January 2, 1889.

Based on: Post-Nasal Catarrh and Diseases of the Nose Causing Deafness. By Edward Woakes, M. D., Senior Aural Surgeon and Lecturer on Diseases of the Ear, London Hospital, Senior Surgeon Hospital for ...

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Each week The Sun’s John McIntyre presents a relatively obscure but evocative word with which you may not be familiar, another brick to add to the wall of your vocabulary. This week’s word: As I ...

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