The Medical Advisor

Cerumen, also known as earwax, is necessary for the health of your ear. In fact, it's not really wax at all, but made partially of dead skin cells from the ear canal. 1   The area inside the auditory canal consistently revitalizes itself, and as the dead cells are removed, they're pulled into a process producing earwax. The ear canal is also lined with hairs, 2  which help move the earwax along the canal and out of your body. Earwax is created by secretions from the ceruminous and sebaceous glands, located in the outer ear canal. 3  The ceruminous is a sweat gland, while the sebaceous glands excrete oil to help soften the skin. The role of earwax is to protect the skin from infection as it is a natural antimicrobial. Another function of earwax is to clean the ear canal as it slowly moves through the canal and out of the ear with jaw movements like chewing. 4  During this motion it carries with it debris and waste that may have made its way into the canal. 5 , 6 Like ...

If you are looking for an ENT specialist in Singapore , you've come to the right place. When it comes to ENT specialists in Singapore, a search on Google will throw up more than 10 pages of search results. So how can an average consumer find out which one is the best? That's the reason why we have compiled a list of licensed ENT specialists in Singapore for you to choose below. What does an ENT Specialist do? ENT (ear nose and throat) specialists are called medically as 'otolaryngologists' or even 'otorhinolaryngologists'. Is a bit of a mouthful but some hospitals still use that jargon on their doctors' directory and it could lead to some confusion among the public. ENT Specialists or Otolaryngologists are medical doctors trained in the medical and surgical management and treatment of patients with diseases and disorders of the ear, nose, throat (ENT), and related structures of the head and neck. To select an ENT (ear, nose and throat) specialist, many of us...