Publish Date: | Sat, 05 Mar 2022 12:28 AM (IST)
Balodabazar. On the instructions of the state government, March 3 was celebrated as World Ear Care Day in the district. Along with this, a national ear awareness campaign has been started for the next one week till March 10.
In this regard, Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr. Khemraj Sonwani said that under this awareness campaign, various types of positive awareness messages will be disseminated among the people for the prevention of deafness. Along with this, various types of ear examination will also be done in all the health centers including the district hospital. In this regard, special attention is being given to the elderly and police traffic personnel as this category comes in the risk group. In this regard, District Nodal Officer of National Deafness Prevention and Prevention Program and Dr. Neha Gangeshri, Nodal Ear Throat Specialist of the District Hospital said that due to increasing noise pollution at present, hearing ability of people is being affected badly. In elderly people, due to this, a state of depression and irritability arises. In our district in the last one year, 4263 such patients were treated who had some kind of ear problem.
In addition to the loss of hearing ability in the ear, problems like pus, pain, etc. also arise in the ear. Dr. Neha told that no sharp object of any kind should be put in the ear, bathing in dirty water should be avoided, music should not be listened to at high volume, no fluid in the ear.
It should not be used and if there is any problem then one should contact the doctor immediately. Civil Surgeon Dr. Rajesh Kumar Awasthi informed that treatment is available for various types of ear problems in the district hospital.
Here surgery is done like ear pinna, hole in the eardrum, deposition of calcium in the inner bones, removal of any kind of fungus. Apart from this, the facility of Auto Acoustic Emission Machine is also available here to test the deafness of the newborn. Along with this, audiometric work and speech therapy are also done here. On this day, 32 people were screened in the district hospital.
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