Relation between obesity and otorhinolaryngologic diseases

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Mohammed A Gomaa

Minia University, Egypt

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Abstract

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Overweight and obesity are established risk factors for major chronic diseases. Studies in humans and animals have suggested that adiposity in itself may cause impaired immune responses through immunomodulatory effects of changes in reproductive hormones and that obesity may cause a chronic low-grade inflammation associated with an impaired immune response. Obesity can lead to or influence ORL diseases, the course will discuss the diseases caused due to obesity and how it can influence cretinous diseases. Otorhinolaryngologist will know how obesity can cause or influence these diseases through signaling.

Biography

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Mohammed A Gomaa is a Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at Minya University, Egypt. He completed his/her Graduation at Minia University in 1990, Residency at Minia University Hospital. He was a Research Fellow at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center from 1996 to 1998 working on Head and Neck Cancer. He is a member of American Academy of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck surgery since 1999 and now serving on diversity committee and on international committee, also serving now as a Global Liaison of Otorhinolaryngology Section of American National Medical Association. He has published 25 articles He is a Consultant, Research Leader, and international scholar in the field of Otorhinolaryngology.

Email: magomaa67@gmail.com