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My 3 year old daughter has enlarged tonsils and adnoids. what should we do for her to avoid surgery?
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No specific actions: The tonsils & adenoids do grow faster than the kids do until the age of 8, with some additive effects due to infection.Some will need tonsils & adenoids removed due to sleep disturbances or chronic infection. In most, the t&a growth stops @ 8 or so but the kid continues to grow & the relative t&a size declines. By adulthood their relative size is similar to that at birth & no problems remain.
Answered 12/9/2013
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See below: Talk to the ENT surgeon. Sometimes the excess tissue of the adenoids and tonsils can be shrunk by a course of nasal steroids and/or decongestants. The ENT can help you decide if the symptoms that your daughter is experiencing needs surgery. For example, has the sleep pattern been disturbed. Good luck.
Answered 4/24/2015
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