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Adenoids in child
My son is having sneezing, recurrent cold and severe coughing after every 2 weeks, with treatment with nebulization and antibiotics he gets cured... He is doing mouth breathing while sleeping..and nosy voice... Is all due to adenoids or something else...
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Dr. Gladson Guddappa Uchil
Allergist/Immunologist
26 yrs exp
Bangalore
Adenoids and tonsils form part of the Waldeyer's Ring of Lymphoid Tissue and are the primary immune defence during infancy, where infants crawl and tend to mouth everything. They begin to shrink and disappear by 4th year of life and by 5 years should have completely disappeared. Tonsils take a bit longer to regress and by age 12 years they too become vestigial.
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If I see adenoid obstruction in nasopharynx, in a child above years, I has to go! I usually post for LASER or COBLATION assisted Adenotonsillar Ablation. However, if the tonsils shrink 24 hours subsequent to administration of preoperative intravenous antibiotics, I proceed only to remove adenoids.
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Dr. Rajen Patel
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
22 yrs exp
Surat
Go for X-ray for adenoids
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If adenoids critically endangered go for surgery
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Dr. Shradha Chandra
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
8 yrs exp
Bareilly
Adenoids only ... But adenoids usually disappear after age of 14
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