Sentences with phrase «eustachian tubes»

Pasteurella can spread from the nasal passages to the middle ear via the Eustachian tubes, causing otitis media — often signaled by the rabbit scratching the base of the ear.

I personally like Tavist - D (tm), which also contains a decongestant, since I think some dogs are bothered by an inability to equalize the pressure in their ears when they have blocked eustachian tubes from allergies.

Infant's eustachian tubes are more horizontal than vertical, making them more difficult to drain.

He showed me a way to manipulate the eustachian tubes and massage the lymph nodes.

If your baby's lying down during feedings, the liquid can flow from his mouth into his ears» eustachian tubes, where it can linger and cause an infection.

When infants are placed lying in the horizontal position, not only are the symptoms exacerbated, but gastric juices can enter the immature Eustachian tubes easier making reflux from the throat into the middle ear more probable.

Babies tend to get ear infections more than toddlers and preschoolers because the Eustachian tubes are quite flat in a baby.

Toddlers have shorter, narrower, and horizontal eustachian tubes than adults, which makes it easy for bacteria to enter, but difficult for the middle ear's fluids to exit.

Allergies can cause congestion in the Eustachian tubes that connect the nose and ear.

Young kids also have more horizontal Eustachian tubes (channels that connect the middle ear to the throat), allowing fluid to collect instead of drain.

• Short eustachian tubes: the eustachian tube connects the middle ear to the back of the nose.

Changes in cabin pressure can be painful, especially for younger children with smaller eustachian tubes (a tube in the ear that helps even out pressure) and children with a cold.

If the baby is fed lying down, the formula could flow into the Eustachian tubes in the ears from the mouth where it will hang back and lead to an infection.

Since the Eustachian tubes in baby's ears are much shorter, they can be that much more affected by air pressure.

It is also very beneficial in deafness arising from obstruction in the Eustachian tubes.

Some fairly common drugs which may cause a drop in supply are birth control pills which contain estrogen and pseudoephedrine, a decongestant used to treat nasal, sinus, and eustachian tube congestion.

These silicone ear plugs regulate air pressure inside the ear's Eustachian tube, relieving the pressure that cause pain.

Our observations of reduced fever at 1 month and reduced stuffy nose at 6 months associated with nonprone sleep positions are consistent with this hypothesis, as is the reported observation that adults with upper respiratory tract infections have lower nasal bacterial counts after lying supine for 1 hour vs lying prone for 1 hour.11 Also, infants sleeping supine swallow more frequently than infants sleeping prone in response to a pharyngeal fluid stimulus, suggesting more effective clearing of nasopharyngeal secretions in the supine position and, hence, less potential for eustachian tube obstruction and fewer ear infections.12

If a baby is lying down when breast - feeding or bottle - feeding there is a danger of the milk to back up through the Eustachian tube and into the ears causing possible ear infections.

When mucus from allergies blocks the Eustachian tube, the chance of getting an ear infection increases.

As a child grows, the infections become less frequent as the eustachian tube lengthens and becomes more vertical.

The build up in the Eustachian tube can cause inflammation and a buildup of bacteria and subsequently an infection.

Your Eustachian tube extends from behind your eardrum to the back of your throat.

During an ear infection, fluid clogs the Eustachian tube.

When a baby is on his back and sucking on a pacifier, it can interfere with the proper functioning of the Eustachian tube, which can result in an ear infection.

If the milk reaches the Eustachian tube it can lead to ear infection.

Germs travel from the back of the throat when the eustachian tube is swollen from a cold, causing infection in the middle ear.

Normally the Eustachian tube is closed, but it can open to let a small amount of air through to equalize the pressure between the middle ear and the atmosphere.

Take Choline, Inositol, B - 12, B - 6, and Folic Acid Warm oil in the ear can help open the Eustachian tube.

Other than the natural shape of a child's eustachian tube, misalignments in the head / neck area, teething and / or undiagnosed food sensitivities can cause swelling that prevents drainage.

The eustachian tube connects the middle ear to the nose and throat, and is responsible for draining excess fluid.

The precise cause of Tinnitus is still not fully understood but it is established that it is a symptom generated within a person's own auditory pathways as a result of hearing defects including infection, a blocked ear canal or eustachian tube, otosclerosis (overgrowth of bone in the middle ear), labyrinthitis and Meniere's disease.

The tympanic membrane, an air - filled chamber containing three tiny bones (hammer, anvil and stirrup), along with the eustachian tube (an air - filled tube connecting to the junction of the nose and mouth) form the middle ear.

As the polyps enlarge, they grow down the Eustachian tube, the tube that connects the middle ear to back of the throat.

CKCS ears drain poorly because of the narrow bullae and because their long soft palates block the eustachian tube.

It is often possible for your veterinarian to see pus protruding from the eustachian tube into the mouth; this is often diagnostic of an aural abscess.

It results from overproduction of viscous mucus, and lack of aeration in the middle ear from inadequate drainage through the Eustachian tube.

More specifically, the Eustachian tube can serve as a connection to the middle and inner ear, and from there entry into the brain is a possibility.

He described the Eustachian tube and the manoeuvre to test its patency (openness).