This clinic aims to offer a comprehensive service to diagnose and treat nasal and sinus allergies. Dr.Kiran Natarajan, Consultant ENT Surgeon heads this Department. Patients are screened for various allergies using skin prick tests. Diagnostic nasal endoscopy may be required to detect allergy related changes in the nose. Chronic nasal allergy patients are followed up periodically in this clinic. There are few basic principles that we apply to every patient's allergy care:
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For many allergy sufferers, an ideal manner to treat your underlying allergies is immunotherapy. Immunotherapy can actually help you to become far less sensitive to the pollen, dust, mold and/or animal dander which creates your symptoms. Sublingual Immunotherapy (SLIT) is method of allergy treatment that uses an allergen solution given under the tongue, which over the course of treatment, reduces sensitivity to allergens. By gradually making you less allergic, your threshold is raised and it therefore takes more and more exposure to trigger an allergic reaction.
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MERF INSTITUTE OF SPEECH & HEARING
(A Unit of MADRAS ENT RESEARCH FOUNDATION (P) LTD)
Approved by Rehabilitation Council of India & Affiliated to The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R Medical University
E-mail: merf_ish@yahoo.com Website : www.merfmk.com
Clinical Unit: New No.1, Old No 1/1, South Canal Bank Road Mandaivelipakkam, Chennai - 600 028. Ph:044-24939143 / 24622403 Fax: 91 - 44 - 24622402 |