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Heavy Tonsils
Doc told me for a surgery of tonsils (heavy tonsils) as there is no effect of medicine and I have heard that some people again get the problem after surgery. If one won't go for surgery will it create problem to the body?
Because it's been more than a year and doctors are reacting like oh it just a heavy tonsil.
Is this the only way to treat it?
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Tonsillectomy depends upon certain indications. post the tonsil picture here
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Dr. Gladson Guddappa Uchil
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The best option is to undergo LASER assisted Tonsillar Ablation. Here I paint the LASER beam over the tonsil tissues vaporising them layer by layer, till only about 2mm of tissue remain. The heat generated by the LASER practically cooks this tissue, do they are just a coagulated protein, not living tissue. Any germs within them also die. Over a period of 2 weeks postoperatively, the surrounding normal oral mucosa will migrate and cover this coagulated tonsil remnant and what remains looks like a normal healthy tonsil gland. This tissue will act as a protective layer to the underlying muscles and nerves ensuring a normal swallowing reflex and firm soft palate.
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You are welcome to come down to Bangalore and meet me.
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