Tonsils & Adenoids: Ears, Nose and Throat Fact or Fiction Quiz
Tonsils & Adenoids Tonsils and adenoids filter bacteria out of what we swallow and breathe. Fiction! Any filter that could strain out microscopic material would not allow the passage of any food particles and would make eating impossible. Tonsils and adenoids are strategically located near the entrance to the breathing passages where they catch incoming…
Motion Sickness: Ears, Nose and Throat Fact or Fiction Quiz
Motion Sickness Reading in a moving car can cause motion sickness (make you “car sick”). Fact! Motion sickness relates to your sense of balance and equilibrium. Your sense of balance is maintained by a complex interaction of your inner ears, eyes, skin pressure receptors, muscle and joint sensory receptors, and the brain and spinal cord….
Ear Wax: Ears, Nose and Throat Fact or Fiction
Ear Wax Cotton swabs are a safe and easy way to clean wax from inside your ears. Fiction! Remember, never stick anything smaller than your elbow in your ear! When you insert cotton-tipped applicators or tissues in your ear, the wax is just pushed deeper into the ear canal. When wax begins to block your…
Don’t Ignore Your Snore Anymore
Feeling tired and don’t know why? Maybe it’s because you’ve been snoring. Yes, you! It may not be your spouse’s snoring that’s keeping you up. Maybe it’s your own. Dr. Ted Benke who is an otolaryngologist—more commonly referred to as an ENT or ear, nose and throat doctor, says snoring is an indication of obstructed…
Beware of the Q-tip
If you’re like many people, after your shower you reach for a Q-tip to dry your ears. But did you know that simple practice could cause the wax in your ears to get impacted? It can. And that’s why Dr. Ted Benke of Benke Ear, Nose & Throat Clinic says beware of the Q-tip. “Somewhere…
Check Those Tonsils!
Chronic infectious tonsillitis, sinusitis, snoring, behavior problems, breathing problems, bed wetting. Who would have thought that tonsils—those two masses of tissue at the back of the throat—could be the cause of so many problems? Dr. Ted Benke would. That’s because Dr. Benke is a board certified otolaryngologist, a physician specializing in conditions of the ear,…
Get Serious About Treating Your Allergies
Do noses run in your family? Then, get serious about treating your allergies by calling an ENT allergy specialist right here in Cleburne. Why seek the care of an OTOLARYNGIC ALLERGIST? An Otolaryngic Allergist is able to diagnose and treat disorders of the upper respiratory tract (ear, nose and throat) caused by allergic conditions. Because…
Can’t Hear as Well as You Used To?
The painless process of hearing loss develops gradually over a period of years, and that’s why sometimes the last person to realize the problem is the person suffering from it. Often times, it’s the people living with the person with hearing loss that realizes there’s a problem, because the television is turned up loud or…
Do Noses Run in Your Family?
If you’ve suffered with allergies for years but have put off treatment and opted instead for over-the-counter remedies, it’s time to get serious about treating your allergies. And no one’s better suited to treat your allergies than an ENT allergy specialist. The good news is—there’s one right here in Cleburne. Dr. Ted Benke is an…
Cosmetic Plastic and Reconstructive Skin Cancer Surgery
Whoever said too much of a good thing can be a bad thing probably wasn’t talking about the hot Texas sun, but ear, nose and throat surgeon Dr. Ted Benke, said he could have been. That’s because too much exposure to the sun can cause skin cancer. Benke said if you’re one of the more…