ENT endoscopy causes harm to children?

Ask:

My baby often sneezes, has a runny nose, and has a fever. Every time he goes to the hospital, he is prescribed an ENT endoscopy. I am worried that frequent endoscopy will cause damage to the child's internal organs?

Hoang Lan ( Hanoi )

BSCKII Vu Thi Thanh Binh, ENT specialist, Viet Nga International General Hospital answered:

During the changing seasons, children often suffer from respiratory diseases such as sore throat, ear infection, tonsillitis, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis and sleep apnea syndrome. To detect and treat these diseases, children must be examined and have an ENT endoscopy.

However, when children undergo ENT endoscopy, they often resist and cry out of fear. Meanwhile, respiratory diseases and viral diseases are prone to recurrence. Therefore, parents are often concerned that ENT endoscopy will damage the endoscopy areas of their children. This concern leads to parents delaying taking their children to the doctor, causing their children's illness to become more serious when complications arise.

Currently, endoscopy using Pentax flexible tube has absolutely no possibility of causing damage to children in the area inside the nose or ear, and the child does not feel uncomfortable.

When children show signs of sneezing, runny nose, stuffy nose, especially when they have fever, sore throat, dry cough, earache, tinnitus, difficulty hearing, parents should take their children to a medical facility for examination.

Preventing diseases in general and ear, nose and throat diseases, especially during the changing seasons and complicated epidemics, plays an important role in protecting children's health.

Parents should pay attention to keeping their children clean. For the nose and throat area, you can clean the baby with saline solution every day. Clean the baby's ears with a soft cotton swab, do not dig deep into the ear. Bathe the baby regularly, keep the baby's body warm, especially the neck and chest area.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/noi-soi-tai-mui-hong-khien-tre-bi-ton-thuong-19224060323064033.htm