{"id":34,"date":"2022-02-03T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T06:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ent-specialist.co.za\/blog\/?p=34"},"modified":"2021-08-03T13:38:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T11:38:23","slug":"how-to-take-care-of-your-ears-nose-and-throat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ent-specialist.co.za\/blog\/how-to-take-care-of-your-ears-nose-and-throat\/","title":{"rendered":"How to take care of your ears, nose and throat\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Healthy ears, nose and throat is a healthier you. This is important, especially for people with problems like chronic sinusitis, hearing loss, sleep disorders, and year-round allergies. The following are tips on how to take care of your ears, nose and throat.<\/p>\n<h3>Health tips for the ear:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wear hearing protection <\/strong><br \/>Hearing protection aids are normally recommended for use to help to protect your ears in loud environments such as a concert, the shooting range, or even a sporting event. Hearing protection is also necessary for industrial settings involving large machinery. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Clean out the earwax <\/strong><br \/>It is important that you visit your physician regularly to clean out earwax. Getting your ears cleaned by a physician will help prevent ear infections and temporary tinnitus. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Health tips for the nose:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Flush out the nose and sinuses<\/strong><br \/> Every now and then, it\u2019s good to flush out the sinuses of any dust or pollen to prevent an allergic reaction or sinus infection. The recommended tool for this is an irrigation bottle and a water dispenser. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Get a proper diagnosis<\/strong><br \/> Note, not everything is allergy-related or even sinus infection-related. In order to ensure that you get a proper diagnosis for symptoms that affect your nose, visit your doctor or ENT specialist.  <\/li>\n<li><strong>Avoidance<\/strong><br \/> When it comes to allergies, it is important that you avoid allergens such as pollen, dust, and mould. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Health tips for the throat:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Drink plenty of water<\/strong><br \/> Drinking water is good for our entire system. For the throat especially, drinking lots of water ensures that you remain well hydrated. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Check your reflux<\/strong><br \/> Acid reflux and GERD can cause oesophagal cancer and can damage the lining of the oesophagus. A regular checkup for acid reflux can help treat symptoms and prevent further damage. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthy ears, nose and throat is a healthier you. This is important, especially for people with problems like chronic sinusitis, hearing loss, sleep disorders, and year-round allergies. The following are tips on how to take care of your ears, nose and throat. Health tips for the ear: Wear hearing protection Hearing protection aids are normally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-specialist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-specialist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-specialist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-specialist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-specialist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ent-specialist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36,"href":"https:\/\/ent-specialist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-specialist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-specialist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-specialist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}