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Ear, Nose & Throat / Trachea & Esophagus / Pediatrics / Allergy
4-minute walk from Keio Nagayama Station, Tama-shi, Tokyo
Consultations are conducted in Japanese. If you do not speak Japanese, please bring somebody who can speak Japanese with you.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun / Holidays | |
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| 9:00–12:00 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | — |
| 14:00–18:30 | ● | ● | ● | till 17:00 | ● | till 17:00 | — |
Closed on Sundays and public holidays.
Thursday and Saturday afternoons close at 17:00. No appointment is necessary.
Oto-rhino-laryngology (also known as Ear, Nose & Throat, or ENT) is the branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the ear, nose, throat (laryngopharynx) and mouth, as well as portions of the trachea and esophagus. An ENT specialist deals with all of these different parts of the body because they are closely connected, both anatomically and functionally.
Ear
Common symptoms: impaired hearing, stuffy ears, ringing in the ears, discharge from the ears, ear pain, itchy ears, nuisance earwax, slow speech, poor articulation, asking people to repeat themselves often, children crying when their ears are touched, swollen earlobes.
Nose
Common symptoms: runny nose, stuffed nose, sneezing, bloody nose, impaired sense of smell, foul odor in the nose, injury to the nose, snoring caused by nasal conditions.
Throat
Common symptoms: sore throat, cough, hoarse voice, loss of voice, difficulty breathing, choking on food, snoring, sore tongue, mouth ulcers, impaired sense of taste, stiff neck, swelling under the ears, blood in the throat, difficulty opening the mouth, swollen tonsils accompanied by fever.
Vertigo
Common symptoms: having blackouts, false sense of motion or spinning, feeling of floating, inability to walk steadily, loss of balance.
Other
Sublingual Immunotherapy
Conventional hay fever medications may suppress symptoms temporarily during the pollen season, but they cannot change the underlying predisposition. Sublingual immunotherapy takes a different approach, aiming to reduce sensitivity to pollen itself.
For first-time patients, this treatment can be started only between June and December. Please feel free to call us if you are bothered by hay fever.
Snoring and Sleep Apnea Check (Apnomonitor)
Our clinic can monitor and diagnose the degree and cause of sleep apnea. Since patients can only be monitored while sleeping, this used to require an overnight stay at a hospital. With advances in modern technology, patients can now be monitored in the comfort of their own home. We offer a rental service for the monitoring equipment, so please feel free to contact us.
Laser Treatment for Allergic Rhinitis
We provide laser treatment as an alternative to medication. After applying a local anesthetic inside the nose, we focus a laser on the nasal mucosa. Unlike resection surgery, laser treatment causes little pain and very little bleeding, and can be performed in about 15 minutes. Please contact us if you are troubled by hay fever.
Shunsuke Takamatsu, M.D.
Graduated from Yamanashi Medical University (now the University of Yamanashi) and entered the Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo. After training at the University of Tokyo Hospital, he worked at numerous other hospitals, including Kokuritsu-tousei Hospital, Tokyo Metropolitan Fuchu Hospital, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital and Shakaihoken-chuo General Hospital.
He then served under the Ministry of Education as an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo, where he oversaw general outpatient services as well as specialized outpatient services for the nose, facial nerve and laser treatment. He carried out examinations, surgeries and research, and provided guidance for up-and-coming medical professionals.
On March 1st, 2002, he established the Takamatsu Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic in Nagayama, Tama-shi, Tokyo.
Qualifications
Nobuaki Tanaka, M.D., Ph.D.
After graduating from the National Defense Medical College, Dr. Tanaka practiced at the National Defense Medical College Hospital and other hospitals, and studied as a research scholar at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in the United States. He joined our clinic in 2016.
Qualifications
Brief Biography
Medical Corporation Association Showajinseikai Medical Group
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