Questions & Answers

Q&A

Answered by Dr. Bruce Eric Hudkins

What causes persistent sore throat despite antibiotics?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. If your condition gets worse with antibiotics, then you can have a likely cause of thrush. It is a yeast infection affecting the throat after taking antibiotics and steroid treatment. You can take Fluconazole 150 mg daily for ten days. You can also take Clindamycin 450 mg three times a day for ten days.

June 5, 2024

What causes ear pain with drainage down the throat?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. You seem to have a low-grade otitis externa. You can take Clotrimazole 1% drops. Use it twice a day for seven days. If you are unable to pop your ears, then you do not have a eustachian tube dysfunction.

May 9, 2024

How to manage frequent nosebleeds post-head injury?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. It is not uncommon for children this age to get nosebleeds, along with the elderly. The children usually grow out of it by age 15 or so. It is likely that he might have a deviated septum from the trauma that might need to be addressed in the distant future. For now, I would advise you to use NoBleed.

April 18, 2024

I feel like something is blocking my hearing in the right ear. Please help.

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Without much more information, I can only point out a few causes that come to mind. Perhaps it would help for me to break it down into two categories: 1. Acute one-sided hearing loss- consider, in descending order of probability- cerumen (ear wax) impaction, eustachian tube dysfunction, foreign body (often an insect), eustachian tube dysfunction (especially if recent severe allergy or sinus symptoms), sudden sensorineural hearing loss (would need an audiogram or tympanogram to tell if this was the case). 2.

January 4, 2024

I have a bump on the left side of the nose for a long time. Should I be concerned?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. This is likely resultant from an old fracture, possibly acquired at a very young age from the normal bumps and bruises of being a child and learning to walk, etc. As we get older, this can lead to chronic nasal obstruction as not only does the outside of the nose show signs of the old fracture, but the midline structure within the nose can become more and more deviated. This leads to increasing the blockage over time. One easy way to tell what is causing your nasal obstruction is to go to some pharmacy and get some Oxymetazoline and a nasal steroid spray such as Fluticasone.

December 8, 2023

After exposed to dry dust, I started getting hoarse voice, and inflamed vocal cords. What can I do?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I doubt very much that cancer is high on the concern list. So I would start by addressing gastroesophageal reflux disease since you are of an age when this starts, you have a chronic throat clearing cough (almost diagnostic for GERD), you are a nonsmoker, and have had your vocal cords looked at and no mass or ulceration was seen at the time. Bear in mind, if you follow my GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) recommendations and I am correct in the diagnosis, it might take up to four months before your cough and hoarseness resolve. Be patient with the process.

August 9, 2023

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