“Such symptoms include: an increase in body temperature of more than 39 degrees, severe pain in the ear, throat, nose, unilateral sore throat, severe headache or facial pain combined with difficulty in nasal breathing or nasal discharge, intense ear pain that persists after taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), sudden loss or decrease in hearing, discharge from the ear,” warned RT’s interlocutor.
The doctor also said that in winter, diseases of the ENT organs such as otitis media, rhinitis, sinusitis, tonsillitis and tonsillitis most often worsen.
“The causes of exacerbations are a weakened immune system, hypothermia and complications from previous acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI),” he explained.
As Vingovatov added, today an endoscopic research method is used to diagnose ENT diseases, which allows one to qualitatively assess the condition of organs.
“This is a highly informative and absolutely harmless examination method used all over the world. An endoscope is a thin optical tube that the doctor carefully inserts into the nasal cavity, ear canal, or leads to the entrance to the larynx. With the help of optics, the image is magnified several times. The video camera transmits the resulting image to the monitor. This way, the patient himself, together with the doctor, can observe the diagnostic process,” said the specialist.
The doctor noted that prevention of ENT diseases mostly involves maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
“It is necessary to have a complete balanced diet, physical activity, giving up bad habits, maintaining a work and rest schedule, reducing stress, timely treatment of foci of chronic infection in the nose and pharynx, and restoring normal nasal breathing. And of course, you need to promptly consult a doctor at the first signs of the disease,” he concluded.
Earlier, therapist Nadezhda Chernyshova, in a conversation with RT, explained what nutrition should be like during illness.