Prescriptions Now Routinely Sent to Your Pharmacy Instantly!

Our office has successfully transitioned to prescribing all medications over the internet directly to your preferred pharmacy. Except for narcotics which require a hardcopy paper prescription, most prescriptions will be ready for you to pick up within 30 minutes!

What does that mean? It means that for many patients, by the time you leave our office and arrive at your pharmacy, your prescription will be ready to pick-up!

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New Video on Coblation Tonsillectomy

Fauquier ENT has produced a new video on coblation tonsillectomy for patient educational purposes. It has been added to our YouTube page as well as below. The video shows 3 different views of the procedure, each view being more magnified. It's a little over 4 minutes long in its entirety. Check it out!

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Video on How to Perform a Saline Sinus Flush

Given the dearth of video on the internet showing exactly how to perform a saline sinus flush using the NeilMed Sinus Rinse bottle, our practice has gone ahead and made one for educational purposes. It has been posted on our YouTube channel, but can be viewed below as well. Click here to go directly to the YouTube video. This link can also be found on our website here.

Instructions on making your own saltwater using home kitchen supplies can be found here.

Saline sinus flushes are generally recommended to patients who have chronic sinusitis or allergy problems which can help alleviate and/or even eliminate symptoms. Children from the age of 5 years and older are able to perform this procedure as well without any difficulty.



There are also devices that perform the same thing:

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Treatment of Cough in Kids with the Common Cold

Ever since the FDA has withdrawn common over-the-counter medications to treat cough in kids, there has been a conundrum among pediatricians and their young patient charges on how to address the cough that occurs with viral upper respiratory infections (common cold). Beyond humidified mist, hydration, vapor baths, saline spray, and sleep, there are still some other options to try before going to prescription narcotic cough suppressants...

There has been a recent study published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine by Hershey Penn State Medical Center revealing the benefit of buckwheat honeyto help with pediatric cough. In fact, it was found to work even BETTER than over-the-counter cough suppressants. This study has been picked up by the general news media as well.

Use of honey is also recommended by the World Health Organization which has also published a monogram on viral colds and the various treatments explained. Pay particular close attention to Annex 3 (Page 11) which gives various recipes to treat pediatric cough including the use of honey.

Any further questions or concerns should be directed to your pediatrician. Be aware that honey should not be given to infants less than 1 year old due to risk of botulism.

You can purchase buckwheat honeyon Amazon.com.

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New Video Example of a Large Ball-Valving Polyp Causing Noisy Breathing

A new video and audio example of a patient with noisy breathing due to a large ball-valving polyp has been posted. This particular polyp is a variation of Smoker's Polyp and is treated with excision and voice therapy. Quitting smoking is also an important component to help prevent this from recurring.

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New Webpage on Temporomandibular Joint Disease (TMJ)

We have a new webpage on TMJ disorders uploaded. As most people know, TMJ is a joint found immediately in front of the ear where the jaw joins with the skull. What many people may not recognize is that TMJ disorders have numerous symptoms which is often confused as coming from the ear when in actuality, there is nothing wrong with the ear. Such symptoms include ear pain, crackling/popping in the ear, tinnitus (ringing in the ears), pulsating sounds in the ear, etc. Strategies to treat TMJ is also discussed on the webpage.

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www.VirginiaHearing.org

Fauquier ENT has offered hearing tests, hearing aids (dispensing and repairs), custom ear molds, and assistive listening devices for over a decade. In order to better promote and make our community aware of what we offer, a new web address has been created called:

http://www.VirginiaHearing.org

This web address will take a person directly to our audiology section of our main website (www.FauquierENT.net).

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