ENT disease can be called "Armenian" as far as the Armenians have no culture out of the house in cold winter days, told in his interview with NEWS.am Medicine the head of the ENT service in medical center "ARTMED", Ara Gharibyan.

«These diseases occur in all nations, but, for example, in Russia it is due to the cold climate, but here, in Armenia, it is mostly due to the lack of culture of dressing for the weather. We love to show ourselves. Besides, Armenians have bigger noses, wider nostrils, that is, more cold air penetrates into their nasal cavity ", said the doctor. According to him, Armenians, regardless of age, have one habbit։ hey go out in the cold weather dressed light and without hat. «Especially women and young girls go out after shower, doing their hair, without a hat, which leads to the corresponding consequences: flu, URI (upper respiratory infections), and then complications: sore throat, rhinitis, sinusitis, highmoritis, frontitis etc. In winter these illnesses raise their heads; and this winter there are frequent combined forms of the disease: immediately pansinusitisis diagnosed, which means inflammation of the sinuses, up to meningeal symptoms», he said.

The doctor advises Armenians to follow the slogan: think first about health, and only then about beauty. "Of course, be very beautiful, but not at the expense of your health," - he said. The specialist advises women to keep another hair dryer at work, instead of not wearing a hat and run the risk of getting sick.

The doctor, of course, is a supporter of personal hygiene, and supports daily water treatments, but he warns, that going out in this cold with just washed head and without a hat is fraught with serious consequences. According to the statistics from the doctor this year due to the harsh winter in Armenia has also increased the number of patients with bronchial [spasmodic] asthma, which can be developed behind the background of ENT diseases. «Not wearing hats, thinking only about the appearance, we forget that after highmoritis and frontitis we can have untreatable complications, i.e. bronchial asthma and meningitis. Our people have a casual attitude over nasopharynx», - he said.

The doctor also noted that there are cases when people not wear hats and cover their mouth and nose with a scarf, which, according to a specialist, is wrong, it is a direct way to cold. "Scarf needs to be wrapped on the neck," - he said.

According to A. Garibyan, the diseases mostly become acute at transitional periods in spring and autumn, when the human body does not have time to adapt to changes in temperature, so in coming spring after a harsh winter, you can expect a growth of ENT diseases.