Air pollution causes throat allergies

LAHORE: Throat allergies and throat infections have now become common disease in city due to high level of air pollution, rapid industrialisation process, ever increasing automobile smoke, in which throat membrane is badly affected.

Renowned ENT specialist and Head of ENT Ward, Jinnah Hospital Dr.Shahid Imran Ali told APP here Sunday that nose and throat were two gateways for the germs to get into body. He said that tonsils were body guard standing on the either sides of the throat which protect the body from infection, if they were affected, then their role becomes opposite thus their role may cause complications like ear discharge, kidney infection, appetite loss, particularly among the school going children.

He said that children suffer from repeated fever and growth retardation.

He said that the permanent treatment was removal of tonsil with the help of latest techniques after which all types of symptoms vanish and patient was relieved of all sorts of antibiotics.

Dr.Shahid Imran said that the parents must consult qualified ENT specialists, if the children do not respond till six months after his birth. He advised the people to take care of their ear like eyes and never ignore the ear complication.

He said that best way to get relief of throat allergy and infection is to wash twice or thrice their nostril with warm water which will keep infection away for time being.

Copyright Reuters, 2011