PREVENTION OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN

Abstract

The issue of inflammatory diseases of the upper airways and eardrum remains relevant and associated both with high prevalence of this pathology and likelihood of developing complications. Inflammation of nasal cavity’s mucosal lining causes discomfort, while chronic dysfunction of nasal breathing significantly reduces the patient’s quality of life. Difficulty in nasal breathing of newborns and infants results in quite severe complications. Nearly 70% of acute respiratory infections cases in children are complicated with acute inflammation of eardrum, 90% of children under 3 years once develop secretory otitis media, 50% of them have several cases of eardrum inflammation.
Key words: acute respiratory infections, otitis, treatment, children.