Tonsillectomy is surgery to remove the tonsils. These two fleshy oval-shaped pads are located on either side of the back of the throat. Tonsillectomy is needed when the tonsils become infected frequently (tonsillitis) or non recovering infection and because of enlarged tonsils blocking normal breathing and rarely to treat cancer or a tonsil that won't stop bleeding. Tonsillectomy is one of the more common surgeries in children, but it's done less often in adults. Adult patients with swollen, infected tonsils may require a tonsillectomy under general anesthesia if their problem recurs too often.

Canker sores are small shallow ulcers that appear in the mouth which causes difficulty in eating and talking. They usually disappear on their own with in one week or two. They present as painful ulcers in mouth, tongue or cheeks

Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease of the connective tissue. Autoimmune diseases are illnesses which occur when the body's tissues are attacked by its own immune system. Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease of the connective tissue. Autoimmune diseases are illnesses which occur when the body's tissues are attacked by its own immune system.

Barotrauma is damage to the middle ear caused by unequal air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum. Normally, the Eustachian tube, which connects the middle ear and the back of the nose, helps maintain equal pressure on both sides of the eardrum by allowing outside air to enter the middle ear. When outside air pressure changes suddenly?for example, during the ascent or descent of an airplane or a deep-sea dive air must move through the Eustachian tube to equalize the pressure in the middle ear. These fast changes in altitude cause air pressure changes and can trigger barotrauma.

The adenoids are lumpy clusters of spongy lymphoid tissue that help protect kids from getting sick. They sit high on each side of the throat behind the nose and the roof of the mouth above and behind the uvula. Like tonsils, adenoids help keep our body healthy by trapping harmful bacteria and viruses that we breathe in or swallow. Adenoids also contain cells that make antibodies to help our body fight infections. Adenoids do important work as infection fighters for babies and little kids and become less important once a kid gets older and the body develops other ways to fight germs, adenoids usually shrink after about age 5, and by the teenage years they often practically disappear.