Dr. Ahmed Sameh Farid, Professor of Ear, Nose and Throat bMedicine of Cairothe former Minister of Health, that winter diseases have been widespread since ancient times, such as tonsillitis, nasal congestion, colds and sinusitis, but what has happened to us in past years is the Corona virus, explaining that the patient does not know the difference between the role of the cold and the Corona virus.
He added, during the conference of the Egyptian Ear Society, currently taking place in Cairo: To differentiate the role of cold from the Corona virus, Corona is always accompanied by an increase in temperature, while normal cold periods are not accompanied by a temperature rise, indicating the role of cold and Corona patient suffers from runny nose, And sore throat, explaining that a Corona patient soon loses smell and taste, and therefore is another indicator of Corona virus infection and is not diagnosed as a cold.
Dr. Sameh Farid said that the other difference is the feeling of severe fracture that occurs in the body, adding that cold weather leads to fractures in the body but does not cause the same extent as the Corona virus.
He pointed out that Corona comes with its accompanying symptoms such as diarrhea and vomiting, explaining that all these symptoms are not from a cold, so when the patient complains of high fever, diarrhea, vomiting and bone fractures, we advise him to have a analysis to distinguish between a cold and the Corona virus.
And he added, that the amount of upcoming viruses that will appear yet has neither the first nor the last, and the only solution is prevention, indicating that prevention is better than cure, using the muzzle regularly, especially in public places and closed, which are the places where the virus is transmitted, be it corona or other virus diseases.
She advises against using ear cleaning tools, adding, “Nobody plays in her ear.” The ear must be cleaned or dried from the outside, not from the inside, and the person does not try to insert anything into the ear, because every time he goes inside, the waxy substance goes deep into the ear.
She said the discovery of hearing problems in the baby is noticed by the mother, and she is the first person to know that the baby is hard of hearing when she talks to him and he doesn’t respond, so early examination is needed to ensure he doesn’t. there are hearing problems in infants or young children.
He did so at the launch of the activities of the 22nd annual conference of the Egyptian Ear Society, under the aegis of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, today in Cairo, chaired by Dr. Aziz Bilal, former Dean of Alexandria University Medical School, and President of the Egyptian Ear Society, and Dr. Adel Khalifa, Former Dean of Tanta University Medical School, Dr. Sameh Farid, Former Chief Minister of Health, and Dr. Rashad Ghoneim, Head of Health Insurance Hospital and Head of Ear and Nose Department at Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, where he reviewed the lecture, during 5 ear diseases sessions and 5 other sessions of hearing diseases which included 85 lessons .
The conference was attended by 24 doctors from all over the world, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, India, Spain and Russia, as well as doctors from some Arab countries such as the Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Lebanon, and Syria , to benefit from their experiences and review the latest research in the field, as well as the participating Egyptian doctors.
During the conference of the Egyptian Society
during the conference
Dr. Sameh Farid, former Minister of Health
