Morbidity pattern of ear, nose, and throat diseases in children in Benghazi

ABSTRACT

A study of morbidity pattern of E.N.T. disease in children in Benghazi was carried out for a period of two and a half years ending in December 1981. Children below 12 years comprised 20.2% E.N.T. out-patients, and 28.01% of E.N.T. emergencies. The common conditions encountered were tonsillitis 35.35%; otitis media 19.56%; and epistaxis 3.03%. The common emergencies were epistaxis [26.28%], foreign body nose [17.09%], trauma nose [16.32%] and foreign body in the oseophagus [10.9%]