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Preparing for the Winter Chill: ENT Care Essentials

Preparing for the Winter Chill: ENT Care Essentials

As winter approaches, protect your ENT health by staying hydrated, keeping ears warm, and managing congestion with nasal irrigation or steam inhalation.

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Fireplace Season and Indoor Air Quality: Protecting Sinus Health

Fireplaces add holiday warmth but can harm indoor air quality and sinus health. Learn tips to keep your air clean and your family safe this season.

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ENT Tips for Allergy-Proofing Your Home for Fall and Winter

Seasonal transitions can worsen allergies, with fall bringing ragweed pollen and mold, and winter increasing indoor allergens like dust mites and pet dander. This blog offers practical tips to allergy-proof your home, ensuring comfort during colder months.

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How Weather Changes Impact Sinus Health and What You Can Do

Seasonal changes can trigger sinus issues like congestion and infections. Cold air, dry conditions, allergies, and pressure shifts all affect sinus health. To manage, stay hydrated, use nasal irrigation, keep your home clean, and invest in filters and humidifiers.

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Kids Are Back to School, and So Are Germs: 5 Ways to Keep Your Health Optimal in Connecticut

As the school year begins in Connecticut, germs and viruses, including whooping cough, are on the rise. This blog offers parents five practical tips to keep their kids healthy during back-to-school season, emphasizing the importance of hygiene, vaccination, and immune-boosting practices. With whooping cough cases increasing, it's more crucial than ever for parents to take proactive steps to protect their children from illnesses while ensuring they thrive in the classroom. Learn how to strengthen your child's defenses and keep them safe as they return to school.

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Sinusitis and Loss of Senses

A sinus infection occurs when the mucous membranes lining your nose, throat, or ears become inflamed due to a bacterial or viral infection. If the infection is viral, you will likely experience a loss of your sense of smell and taste.

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What You Need to Know About Sinus Surgery Recovery and Balloon Sinuplasty

Are you still dealing with facial pain, congestion, and other painful symptoms of chronic sinusitis? The board-certified ENTs at CT ENT Sinus Center can have you back to feeling normal in one afternoon sitting.

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Sinus Pain While Flying

For permanent relief, have your sinuses checked and treated by an Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) doctor. Get the answers you want and the treatment and support you need with CT-ENT. Schedule an appointment today!

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Simple Allergy Tips At Home

If you are experiencing itchy eyes, a runny nose, sneezing, sinus headache and congestion, you may be suffering from seasonal ENT allergies.

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Natural Home Remedies for Sinus Infections

Some sinus sufferers believe that the only alternative to OTC medications involves risky surgical procedures. Thankfully, there are sinus treatments that do not require medication or invasive surgical procedures.

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