The importance of an annual ENT check-up
Preventive hearing screening in children:
- Otitis media, a very common condition in children, causes hearing loss without other severe symptoms, and so it can go unnoticed by parents. In many countries, all children are screened before kindergarten or the first grade of elementary school. Early treatment will help avoid the effects of hearing loss on speech development, education, and even the child’s psychology.
Preventive hearing screening in adults:
- With age, hearing can gradually decrease. Communication gradually becomes difficult, the sound of the television has to be loud and it bothers the neighbors. Diseases of the auditory nerve also cause hearing loss, usually in one of the two ears. Early diagnosis is very important, because modern medicine has solutions that will reduce suffering and improve the quality of life.
- Hereditary diseases, such as Otosclerosis, cause a progressively increasing decrease in hearing. Modern microsurgery provides an immediate and permanent solution.
Preventive nose check:
- Anatomical abnormalities, such as a deviated nasal septum, prevent proper breathing, and often go unnoticed. If they are combined with some inflammation, such as chronic rhinitis, allergic or not, the discomfort becomes very significant. Modern surgery, usually in combination with drug therapy, gives impressive results.
- Smell disorders, after injury or a virus, such as coronavirus disease, can persist long after the infection has resolved. A detailed examination in the specialized olfactory laboratory of the Athens Medical Center, will lead to an accurate diagnosis and effective treatment.
- Nasal polyps are a chronic condition, which causes serious symptoms, and is often combined with problems from the lower respiratory system, such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In the early stages of the disease, the discomfort may be minimal, and go unnoticed. Early diagnosis will help in effective and painless treatment. At the Athens Rhinology Center, at the Athens Medical Center, the highly scientific training of the medical staff, combined with the know-how and available cutting-edge technology, will provide modern solutions, in full coordination with international therapeutic protocols.
