ENT diseases in children: symptoms and consequences

ENT diseases (i.e., throat, ear and nose) are the most common among children. The flow of some of them can be very difficult. Let's consider some ENT diseases, symptoms and their consequences.

The most frequent and quite dangerous of them is a common cold. In pediatrics it is called acute rhinitis . Predisposing factors to its occurrence are: hypothermia, temperature sharp fluctuations, air pollution in cities, living in unventilated rooms. Rhinitis is expressed in nasal congestion, the presence of mucous membranes, and then purulent discharge. In addition, fatigue, weakness and fever are observed.

In the absence of targeted treatment, rhinitis can become a factor provoking other ENT diseases.

Firstly, the presence of frequent repetitive rhinitis, which follow one after another, leads most often to the development of a different form. Chronic rhinitis will require careful and prolonged treatment.

Secondly, if there is no treatment for an acute cold, then otitis media and acute sinusitis may develop. Consider the data of ENT diseases.

Acute sinusitis is the presence of an inflammatory process in the paranasal sinuses. The disease appears in the event that the infection begins to spread through them. As a result, the child is troubled by nasal congestion, abundant purulent discharge, severe headaches in the nose, forehead and under the eyes.

Acute otitis occurs when the infection enters the auditory tube. It is a kind of conductor between the "nasopharynx" and the middle ear. The disease usually begins suddenly and sharply, quickly the temperature is understood. The child begins to complain about the discomfort in the ears. If there is no timely treatment, the disease will very quickly go into the form of purulent otitis , and then, perhaps, into meningitis .

Adenoids or adenoid vegetations are hypertrophied inflamed tonsils. This pathology is common in children aged three to nine years. The causes can be: cooling, allergic condition, chronic cold. All this provokes the further development of adenoids. The disease is manifested by the presence of obstructed nasal breathing, pronounced hearing loss, snoring, nasal in the voice, nocturnal enuresis. At the fourth stage, the ENT doctor recommends the removal of adenoids.

Tonsillitis is one of the most common throat diseases. But enlarged tonsils can not be a sign of chronic form. Most often this is a consequence of the active development of immunity, or simply an anatomical feature.

Chronic tonsillitis has two forms: decompensated and compensated. Consider these diseases of ENT organs in detail.

With an uncompensated type of disease the child is considered almost healthy, there are only small signs of a chronic inflammatory process in the tonsils. If there are provoking factors, then there is a risk of recurring acute angina or even paratonsillar abscess.

The compensated form of tonsillitis is very dangerous. Such children should be registered with the lor and receive advice at least twice a year (in spring and autumn). To get rid of this disease you need:

• Carry out the sanitation of carious teeth, which are considered to be the main source of infections in the oral cavity;
• To restore the broken nasal respiration (to cure rhinitis, to remove adenoids).

Compensated form of tonsillitis contributes to the emergence of a number of diseases: cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and kidney (pyelonephritis, glomerulonephritis).