Children
Caring and competent treatment of ear, nose and throat problems in children
Do you have a child who suffers from earaches or other issues related to the ear, nose, and throat?
If so, your child can be treated at our facility, and in many cases, children are covered by their parents' health insurance!
We don't just examine and treat adults – we also have extensive experience in treating children for conditions related to the ears, throat, and/or nose. Unlike most other private hospitals, we can also perform surgery on children under the age of 2.
Treatment at Charlottenlund Private Hospital
We can treat your child either as a private patient or through health insurance. There is no waiting time for an initial consultation, and we can often offer surgery within a week.
As Denmark's leading and largest private hospital for ear, nose, and throat conditions, you can confidently choose us to treat your child.
If you have any questions about our treatments, services, staff, etc., please feel free to contact us.
At Charlottenlund Private Hospital, you won’t have to wait.
Extensive experience in the treatment and surgery of children
Every year, we treat a large number of children with ear, nose and throat (ENT) problems – including ear drains to relieve chronic otitis media, surgery for enlarged tonsils and polyps to achieve better sleep, and surgery for a short tongue tie to solve problems with breastfeeding.
Anaesthetizing and operating on small, medium and large children requires special expertise, and therefore only a few private hospitals nationwide can offer this. At Charlottenlund Private Hospital, we have both anesthesiologists and anesthesia nurses with many years of experience in anaesthetizing small and large children. Our specialist doctors are also skilled in treating children.
We treat a very large number of children with ENT disorders, which naturally means that we have a lot of experience in this particular area. You can therefore safely choose us as your therapist.
Various ear, nose and throat treatments
Below you can read more about some of the ear, nose and throat treatments we offer for children. We also offer specialized treatments if your child does not suffer from a common ENT condition.
A safe experience
We meet you and your child with care, respect, friendliness and clear communication. Based on these values, we strive to create a safe and comfortable experience for your child despite the insecurity that unfamiliar surroundings, new faces and pain/discomfort can cause.
Our doctors have treated many children over the years and are good at meeting them on their level, so they feel comfortable with the doctor. If your child is old enough to understand their illness, our doctors are also happy to help explain what is wrong – in a language they understand.
Earaches can cause restless nights for both the child, parents and any siblings. In connection with a cold, the Eustachian tube can become blocked, creating negative pressure in the middle ear and causing fluid to build up. This can be painful for the child, but the pain can be relieved by placing a drain in the eardrum if the condition does not improve on its own over a period of time. The drain creates a small drain into the middle ear, which must remain in place until it falls out on its own.
Eardrum drainage is a surgery that we have a lot of experience in. The surgery is short-lived, and the child experiences a rapid recovery.
Partial removal of tonsils
Some children have such large tonsils that they experience problems at night in the form of restless sleep and sleep apnea (pauses in breathing). Since poor sleep can be closely linked to poor well-being, there is good reason to have your child's tonsils examined if he or she is sleeping poorly.
If your child has large tonsils, your doctor may consider a partial tonsillectomy, as it is a significantly smaller procedure than a total tonsillectomy. This means that the surgery can be performed on children as young as two years old.
Children's polyps
Pediatric polyps are lymphoid tissue in the nasopharynx that grow from birth until the age of 5-7. If the polyps are enlarged, they can contribute to fluid accumulating in the middle ear. They can also prevent the child from breathing properly through the nose, which can lead to snoring, eating problems, and improper growth of the facial bones.
Pediatric polyps are removed by surgery in children over two years of age.
Short tongue tie
In cases of severe difficulty breastfeeding, the child should be examined to see if their tongue-tie is too short. This can be treated with a very simple procedure.
We have no waiting time for tongue-tie clipping. This is because we know how critical it can be for a child to be unable to feed.
At Charlottenlund Private Hospital, the procedure is performed immediately after the examination, which determines the type of tongue tie and whether treatment is needed. In case of doubt, the surgeon will typically ask a colleague to take a look - after which it is decided in conversation and collaboration with the parents what to do. All specialists who perform the procedure have both attended a continuing education course and follow the Danish Society for Head and Neck Surgery (DSOHH) guidelines as well as the National Clinical Guidelines (NKR), which you can read more about here.
After the procedure, the mother will be offered a quiet and sheltered place to sit with the child and try to breastfeed the child. In this way, both mother and child immediately experience that the procedure is over and in many cases the experience will already be quite different.
Contact Charlottenlund Private Hospital
Nothing is more frustrating for parents than experiencing pain or other discomfort from the ears, nose or throat and where painkillers do not provide relief.
At Charlottenlund Private Hospital, you and your child will be greeted with care, professionalism and a desire to help you. We love children - and in addition to being specialists, we are parents ourselves and know what it means when your child needs help.
Contact us below with any questions or if you would like to make an appointment. We have no waiting time for examinations of children.