Throat allergies and infections have now become common in the 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 are two gateways for germs to get into the body. He said that tonsils are the 'bodyguards' standing on the either sides of the throat, which protect the body from infections. If these 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 its permanent treatment is removal of tonsil with the help of latest techniques after which all types of symptoms vanish and patient is relieved of all sorts of antibiotics. Dr Imran said that the parents must consult qualified ENT specialists if the child do not respond till six months after his birth.