Professor, my child is 5 years old, for 2 years I can see that he breathes through his mouth at night. It also happens that he snore. The daughter does not get sick often (at the beginning of going to kindergarten she had strep throat three times), she rarely has a runny nose, and does not complain of a headache. Our pediatrician said that there is nothing wrong with it and it will pass as she gets older, but I feel uneasy about it. I found information that a child of this age should breathe through the nose both day and night. Should I wait for my daughter to grow up or take some action?
Absolutely not, this is a very old approach. We can only wait for salvation. Please contact your ENT specialist to assess the third tonsil for an enlarged third. And if it becomes enlarged, remove it after a short conservative treatment, and if it doesn't help, remove it. Regards, Prof. A. Chairs
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Prof. dr hab. med. Antoni KrzeskiProfessor dr hab. med. Antoni Krzeski is the head of the Otorhinolaryngology Clinic of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of the Medical University of Warsaw, which is located in the Czerniakowski Hospital.
In 1984 he defended his doctoral dissertation on "Long-term results of surgical treatment of chronic otitis media". In 1995, he completed his postdoctoral dissertation with the dissertation "The role of the urinary tract in the pathogenesis of chronic paranasal sinusitis."
In 2001 he obtained the title of professor.
He studied rhinosurgery with prof. G. Rettinger (Germany) and prof. E. Huizinga (the Netherlands) and with prof. E.B. Kerna (USA). In 1986 he participated in the first European presentation by prof. H. Stammberger in the field of functional endoscopic surgery of the paranasal sinuses, which was presented at the congress of the European Society of Rhinology in Athens (Greece). He was the first to introduce this surgical method into clinical practice in Poland. Currently, he has over 10,000 endoscopic operations on the paranasal sinuses and the base of the skull. He raised many nasal and paranasal sinus surgeons in Poland.
In 2007 he was a lecturer at 19th Biennual Comprehensive Course in Rhinology and Rhinoplast RHINOFEST 2007, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (MN, USA). It is undoubtedly a leader in the field of rhinology in Poland.It is also highly regarded abroad. Since 2003, he has been organizing the RHINOFORUM international rhinology conference each year, in which the world's most outstanding authorities in the field of rhinology participate as lecturers.
Since 2011, it has also been organizing international seminars on "Obstructive Apnea Syndrome During Sleep in ENT practice" every year. He is the author of 10 textbooks in the field of rhinology and many publications. He was a delegate to Poland of the European Society of Rhinology and the European Academy of Plastic Surgery of the Face.
In 2008 he was awarded the title of honorary member of PTOLR-ChGiS. Currently, he is the president of the "Rynologia Polska" Association and the editor-in-chief of "Magazyn Otorynologiczny". She loves to teach young people whom she uses her knowledge and experience on a daily basis.
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