Don’t rush to perform surgery on your child if he or she has enlarged adenoids. Conservative solutions are more reliable for these six situations!

Many children snore and breathe with their mouths open when they sleep. Parents think that this is a sign that their children are sleeping soundly, but they don’t know that it may be caused by adenoid hypertrophy. Long-term adenoid hypertrophy will make the child’s appearance ugly, and in severe cases it may even affect intelligence and growth and development.

When faced with adenoids hypertrophy, many people think that the only solution is surgery. But in fact, for these six types of adenoids hypertrophy, conservative solutions are much more reliable than surgery!

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Qingbitang: What degree of adenoids hypertrophy does not require surgery?

Adenoids are lymphatic tissues in the nasopharynx, also known as pharyngeal tonsils, located at the back and top of the nasopharynx. Adenoids proliferate most rapidly from 2 to 10 years old, and gradually begin to shrink after 10 years old, and most of them disappear by adulthood.

If the adenoids become pathologically enlarged due to repeated inflammation caused by various reasons in childhood, resulting in various clinical symptoms such as mouth breathing and snoring while sleeping, it is called adenoid hypertrophy.

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When children suffer from adenoid hypertrophy, don't rush into surgery. If these five situations occur, conservative solutions are also reliable and reduce the pain and risks of surgery!

1. If you snore, breathe with your mouth open, or have sleep apnea, you will be awakened by suffocation;

2. Repeated inflammation of the nasopharynx, such as rhinitis, sinusitis, pharyngitis, frequent nasal congestion, runny nose, frequent use of fingers to pick nostrils, easy coughing when sleeping and getting up in the morning;

3. Feeling uneasy when sleeping, often sweating or having night terrors, grinding teeth, and liking to sleep on one's stomach;

4. There is also a snoring sound when breathing during the day;

5. Otitis media with effusion, hearing loss or conductive deafness;

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Qingbitang: How to treat adenoid hypertrophy conservatively?

① Washing the nose with saline can not only reduce the stimulation of inflammatory secretions on the adenoids, but also has a certain anti-inflammatory effect;

② Eat a light diet, avoid spicy and irritating foods, quit smoking and drinking;

③Exercise regularly to improve your body’s immunity;

④ Rhinitis and sinusitis should be promptly resolved;

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Qingbitang kindly reminds you: Be vigilant about adenoid hypertrophy and solve it in time. If it is not solved in time, it is likely to cause adenoid appearance and endanger your life!

Reference: Li Yunying's ENT Lecture "Don't rush to perform surgery on children with enlarged glands. Conservative treatment can also be effective in this case!"