Otolaryngology refers to otorhinolaryngology, which is a surgical discipline to diagnose and treat the ear, nose, pharynx, larynx and related head and neck.

With the progress and development of science and technology, various medical disciplines have infiltrated and promoted each other, expanding the scope of otolaryngology, and the emergence of otomicrosurgery, otoneurosurgery, lateral skull base surgery, audiology and balance science, nasal endoscopic surgery, rhinoneurosurgery (nasal skull base surgery), head and neck surgery, laryngeal microsurgery, voice and speech diseases, and pediatric otolaryngology has greatly enriched the content of otolaryngology.

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Common otolaryngology diseases mainly include:

1, ear diseases: otitis media, tinnitus, otitis externa, deafness, tympanic membrane perforation, tympanic membrane repair and hearing impairment;

2, nasal diseases: acute rhinitis, chronic rhinitis, sinusitis, nasal polyps, allergic rhinitis, nasal plastic surgery;

3. Throat diseases: laryngitis, pharyngolaryngitis, acute pharyngolaryngitis, chronic pharyngitis, adenoid hypertrophy, tonsillitis, snoring (snoring) vocal polyp, vocal polyp and acute pharyngitis are common diseases in the classification of otolaryngology diseases.

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