Dr. David Lee
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery
Greenfield, WI
34 years experience male
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery
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United States: Wisconsin
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A 27-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Leeanswered
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Perhaps: It is not unusual to hear various noises in the ears especially when there is no background noise to mask the ringing. Oftentimes, this is associated... Read More
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A 22-year-old member asked:
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Various: Various types of people can get ear infections for various reasons. One common type is called otitis media, the type of ear infection that children o... Read More
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A 20-year-old member asked:
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Various: There are many possible side effects for the many various treatments for ear infections.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Eustachian tube: Young children have eustachian tubes that are less developed and at a different angle than adults. This makes it more difficult for children to equal... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Various: Symptoms could include pain, difficulty swallowing, snoring, possibly even episodes of apnea (stopping breathing), or perhaps no symptoms.
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A 56-year-old female asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Use www.entnet.org: You can check the www site of the american academy of otolaryngology:
www.Entnet.Org
this is the main specialty association for ENT doctors in t... Read More
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A 17-year-old male asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Not always: Benign positional vertigo does not always cause vomiting, although vomiting is not an unusual symptom of the disease. Nausea without vomiting is more... Read More
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A member asked:
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Various: An evaluation needs to be done to ascertain the cause of the tinnitus. In most cases, the tinnitus is related to hearing loss. If the hearing loss c... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Many possible reason: If you are certain this is an intraparotid lymph node (as opposed to a nodule of recurrence of pleomorphic adenoma), there could be many possible caus... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Maybe: Depending on how long this has gone on, it's possible that it may get better on its own. If not, then various other medications including antibiotics... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Varies: You can expect at least an inspection of the nose with a speculum, looking in through the front of the nose. The doctor may also elect to use a scope... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Various: Could consider oral decongestants like sudafed, nasal spray decongestants like oxymetazoline, nasal saline sprays or rinses. Each of these treatments... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
See ENT or Derm Dr.: An ENT doctor or dermatologist would be in a position to do a formal evaluation to determine the cause of the red dot on your nose and determine the b... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
"Always": A cold is a type of upper respiratory infection (URI) caused by a virus. Uri's can also be caused by bacterial infections.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Sometimes: If diving caused bleeding into the middle ear, the fluid can remain trapped there and require tubes to drain. While tubes are in the ears, though, di... Read More
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A 18-year-old member asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
AFrin (oxymetazoline)?: Before you see your doctor, you could try afrin (oxymetazoline) nasal spray--follow package directions and avoid usage for more than 2-3 days at a tim... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Either: From the information provided, there might or might not be a true hearing problem. A formal hearing test (comprehensive audiogram) may be helpful.
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A 26-year-old male asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
No: Nasopharyngeal cysts usually don't cause migranes. They are sometimes removed surgically, particularly if they are causing some kind of problem or ap... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
They are different: Tonsillitis is inflammation of the tonsils and can be caused by many different things. Chlamydia is a specific micro-organism that can involve the or... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Possibly.: It's possible to have swollen lymph nodes as part of a cold or other upper respiratory infection. You could consider waiting until the cold gets bett... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Generally no: If you are experiencing vertigo (a feeling of spinning), this is often due to a problem in the inner ear. If you are also passing out, this probably ... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Surgery?: You can try something that is called a waterpik in the usa. It's a small hand-held device that shoots a stream of water. You can try this to flush o... Read More
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A male asked:
Dr. David Leeanswered
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Hard to say: There is little information here to go by, and an exam would almost certainly be needed to address the question adequately.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Could be normal: The tonsils have a surface that is not smooth. It has many crevasses called crypts. Sometimes these crypts can be quite a bit larger than you'd expe... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Ignore: Sometimes, just an oral or a nasal spray medication may help. In other cases, both may be needed.
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A female asked:
Dr. David Leeanswered
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
None: Tonsillitis does not have stages that I am aware of.
Tonsils are sized from 1-4 and this system is usually called tonsil grade or tonsil size or some... Read More
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A 62-year-old female asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Many possible reason: There are many possible reasons for a cough in the scenario you describe. Your primary care provider is a good starting point to treat the problem. ... Read More
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Depends: The findings on MRI seem to indicate a lack of issues on the MRI images that would explain your symptoms. You may want to discuss this with whoever o... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Depends: Stopping the ringing depends on knowing the cause. This would require a visit with an ENT doctor where a history would be taken, physical exam done, ... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Depends: At the least, you can expect the doctor to obtain a history of the problem for which you are seeing him/her. You'll also have a physical exam of some... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Many possible reason: In terms of physical obstruction, there can be blockage from any of the anatomic components of the nose. Some of the more common components would inc... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Failed medication: In general, when a sinusitis patient has been tried on maximal medical therapy, then surgery would be needed. That said, there is some disagreement a... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Somewhat: It's estimated that there are over >600k patients in the usa with meniere's disease.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Pain, tinnitus: Tmj problems can be associated with ear pain in the associated ear which can radiate to almost anywhere on the same side of the head. Tinnitus (ringi... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Don't blow so hard: You may be pushing nasal mucus up your nasolacrimal duct--this is the duct that drains tears from the eyes into the nose. It's possible to push thing... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Tympanometry: Tympanometry is a test to compare the air pressure in the middle ear versus the pressure in the ear canal.
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A 26-year-old male asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Varies: It can vary over time. Treating it depends on knowing the cause, for which a visit with an ENT doctor would be helpful.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Separate entities: Sinusitis is a disease characterized by inflammation of the sinuses.
Eosinophilia is a condition characterized by extra eosinophils, a type of white ... Read More
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A 52-year-old member asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
PCP/ENT/GI: You could start with your primary care provider. Alternatives could include an otolaryngologist (ENT) or gastroenterologist (gi).
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Possibly.: It is fairly common to have tinnitus whenever the hearing is decreased for any reason. If the reason for the decreased hearing can be resolved, the t... Read More
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Many possible reason: There are many possible reasons for the symptom of vertigo, which is defined as a spinning sensation (or the sensation of the world spinning around yo... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Ophthalmologist: An ophthalmologist is a physician trained in all aspects of diagnosis and management of eye disorders. An optometrist is primarily just focused on re... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Muscle activation: There are facial muscles in both areas you describe. It's possible that you may be activating those muscles while yawning or shivering.
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Approximately 10 day: Anything below 10 days and these type of symptoms could be due to viral infection which should take care of itself. Ms shouldn't change the picture,... Read More
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Possibly a few days: The response time depends on the severity of the condition, any other ongoing medical conditions, and other medications being taken. If there are no ... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Various: There are various components to a comprehensive audiogram (hearing test). They include checking your responses to various test tones given at various... Read More
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Possibly.: The way you describe your symptoms sounds like an inguinal (groin) hernia to me. It's also possible you may be pregnant but i don't think you can lin... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Yes in the spray: The spray form has oxymetazoline. The oral form does not.
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Many possible reason: It could be any of a range of different things, from a minor skin infection to trauma to a tumor to a skin condition. You may want to have it checked... Read More
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ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Yes.: It's possible for autoimmune disease of the inner ear to mimic the symptoms of meniere's. There are various other diseases that can mimic meniere's s... Read More
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Education & Training
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University of Michigan Medical School
Graduated 1992MD
Medical/Graduate school
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Graduated 1989MD
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University of Michigan Health System
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American College of Surgeons
American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
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