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Welcome to my blog page! I’ve got some educational updates on articles that I found really helpful to my readers.

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The Ultimate Viral Guide to Ear Piercing Infections

Cartilage Piercing Infection: The Ear-Curation Trend’s Real Risk A 24-year-old marketing executive sat in my consultation room in Petaling[…]

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Why Perimenopausal Malaysian Women Can’t Sleep — And Why It’s Not Always “Just Hormones”

Why Perimenopausal Malaysian Women Can’t Sleep Why Perimenopausal Malaysian Women Can’t Sleep A 47-year-old primary school teacher sat in[…]

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Nosebleeds During Dengue Season: When It’s Just a Nosebleed and When It’s a Warning Sign

A 34-year-old software engineer from Petaling Jaya came to my clinic last week not for his ears, nose, or[…]

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Gene Therapy for Deafness: What Parents Should Know

A few weeks ago, a mother sat across from me in my clinic holding her phone, open to a[…]

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TikTok Shop’s Viral Ear-Cleaning Camera Gadgets: An ENT’s Honest Review

During last month’s TikTok Shop payday sale, a patient in her late twenties came into my clinic in Petaling[…]

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Haze Is Back: What “Unhealthy” Air Is Doing to Malaysian Noses, Sinuses and Throats

Over the past week, the same pattern has been showing up in my clinic. Patients whose allergies or sinuses[…]

Merdeka Fireworks and Concert Season: How Loud Is Too Loud for Your Ears?

A father brought his nine-year-old daughter to see me two weeks after last year’s National Day celebrations. They had[…]

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School Holidays Are Coming: Why Your Child’s Ear Pain Isn’t Just “Water in the Ear”

A mother messaged me last week, worried after her seven-year-old came home from swim class complaining that her ear[…]

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The Viral TikTok “Nostril Pull” Test: Can You Really Diagnose a Deviated Septum at Home?

If your For You page hasn’t served it to you yet, it probably will soon. Someone pinches both nostrils[…]