Children Tonsillitis causes deafness in old age

Like chepuhovye children diseases like tonsillitis and ear infections can lead over time to a loss hearing and deafness. That is the conclusion drawn by researchers from the University of Newcastle In Great Britain.

Tonsillitis

British researchers conducted a large-scale study, watching the health of children who were born in 1947, to our days. Now all these people over sixty. Among other things, doctors regularly checking their level of hearing. It was found that the transferred between a child t onzillitom,   ear infections and bronchitis, as well as deafness in later life is a direct connection.

Deafness

"Reducing the number of ear infections in childhood significantly reduce the number of cases Deafness   in adulthood, - he believes study author Dr. Mark Pearce. - Our work shows the importance of hearing tests in children. "Although initially intended for research study the effects of childhood infections in humans, scientists have found what tonsillitis,   ear infections and various episodes of bronchitis, which occur in the first year of life, It may be associated with deafness or partial hearing loss in the elderly.

With the loss of hearing in later years faced in their lives about one in six people. In many cases it is perceived as a normal consequence of aging process. However, the study has shown that it is not so, and experienced in childhood diseases can be cause hearing loss. Deafness has a strong influence on the person, subjecting it to social isolation, alienation from family and friends. Besides that hearing loss is associated with other serious conditions, such as depression, dementia.

Studies show that concern for the preservation of hearing must begin with the first months of life. Note that Preparation for the study began in 1930, when Newcastle I observed the biggest infant mortality throughout the UK. Beginning of the study prevented the Second World War, but the observation is still It began in May 1947 and continues to this day. (READ MORE)

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