Friday, July 17, 2015

Adenoids

Adenoids - a pathological increase in nasopharyngeal tonsils. The disease is common among children aged 1 year to 15 years. Its development is often repeated microbial and viral upper respiratory tract infection, susceptibility to allergies, childhood infectious diseases, immune deficiencies, hereditary.

The disease usually has a long duration. The first manifestations are - shortness of nasal breathing and serous nasal discharge. Shortness of breath leads to sleep disturbance, as children snore during sleep and sleep with your mouth open. Sleep disturbance leads to lethargy, fatigue, there is a weakening of memory, apathy, decreased performance at school, change of voice. In addition, when adenoids are marked persistent headaches. In some cases, most often neglected - in the child's mouth is always open, the nasolabial folds are smoothed. Against the background of the adenoids may occur laryngospasm, often a cough, especially at night, shortness of breath.

Treatment:
Treatment of adenoids surgery.

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