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Will nasal steroid usage to reduce healthy but large adenoids' ability to shrink naturally?
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No: Nasal steroids will have limited ability to reduce adenoids anyway, but this will in no way impair the ability of the adenoids to gradually atrophy( shrink) over time.
Answered 5/8/2013
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Probably not: Adenoids often get smaller after the elementary school years, though not always. Steroids can help shrink them in a few months and have no effect on the body's ability to do this as the child ages.
Answered 10/4/2013
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