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Enlarged adenoids
Enlarged adenoids are swollen lymphatic tissue with the nasal passages. It can cause snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. This tissue can be removed as in tonsillectomy to relieve obstruction.
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A 30-year old asked:
Why do enlarged adenoids form?
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A 39-year old asked:
What type of scan/exam can detect enlarged adenoids?
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A 37-year old asked:
Please tell me can enlarged adenoids cause deformity?
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A 38-year old asked:
What are the symptoms of enlarged adenoids and how is it treated?
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A 48-year old asked:
What are the consequences of leaving enlarged adenoids untreated?
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A 46-year old asked:
Are there environmental reasons why children have enlarged adenoids?
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A 30-year old asked:
Does enlarged adenoids in children cause asthsma?
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A 47-year old asked:
Could enlarged adenoids cause chronic postnasal drip?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Is it normal for a 50+ person to have enlarged adenoids? What is its best treatment?
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A 37-year old asked:
Do enlarged adenoids show up on CT scans?
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A 31-year old female asked:
An occasional mild sweet smell in three year olds mouth that goes away on its own.What could it be? Also he is a mouth breather with enlarged adenoids
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A 32-year old asked:
Is it serious to have large tonsils and slightly enlarged adenoids?
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A 36-year old asked:
Is it easy to mistake enlarged adenoids for asthma or acid reflux disease?
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A female asked:
My 3 years old has speech delay, she was also diagnosed with enlarged adenoids, can this cause speech delay?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Enlarged adenoids (adult) for 2 years. Chronic Post nasal drip and lump feeling in nasopharynx. Can adenoidectomy help (stop PND and "stuck" feeling)?
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A 32-year old female asked:
3yr old having thick sometime clear or yellowish from His nose but is thick.. No fever, he has enlarged adenoids.. What could be the reason and cure.
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A 20-year old female asked:
Can my enlarged adenoids worsen my dry eyes ? Everytime I put some kind of nasal spray my vision goes clear not blurry that it usually is cause of dry
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A 32-year old male asked about a female:
Daughter was prescribed flonase (1 spray each nostril daily - 50mcg per spray). She is 15 months old, 25lbs, and 31 inches tall. Everywhere I read says not to give under 2. Potentially has enlarged adenoids. using for 6wks to see if any improvement?
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A 31-year old female asked:
2.5year old recovered from runny nose last week.this night he is snoring and I can hear a bit mucus behind nose and not chest.has enlarged adenoids. ?
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A member asked:
Hello, my husband was just diagnosed with sleep apnea. However my daughter had the same symptoms (snoring, periodic paused breathing) and they found that she had enlarged adenoids and tonsils. They did surgery to remove them and she's been fine ever sin
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A 34-year old female asked:
Ok for 8monthold use nasonex (mometasone) steroid nasel spray for slightly enlarged adenoids.History trach, bronch, lary malacia.Operated coarc aorta bicuspid valve?
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A 30-year old male asked about a male:
My 7 yrs old has enlarged adenoids. His ENT has given him nasonex (mometasone) spray for 2 months two times. After treatment he stopped snoring. But he starts snoring again after couple of weeks after stop med.
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A 41-year old male asked about a female:
My daughter Ioanna last year had several ear infections and they say she has enlarged adenoids. When is this an issue that maybe needs them removed. We have learned that exposure to the sea and bees wax helps and it looks like it has. Any thoughts?
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A member asked:
My 3 yo may have enlarged adenoids. Dr wants to do x-ray. He's had 7 chest x-rays and one brain CT scan. I'm afraid of all of the radiation. Advice?
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A 32-year old female asked:
3.5yr old has runny nose & at night when the mucus got in his throat he coughs once or twice & sleeps.has enlarged adenoids.he has very sensitive Nose?
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A 39-year old female asked about a male:
Toddler has high temp, night sweats, bad breath, bleeding gums, blisters on tongue, swollen lymph nodes in neck, loss of appetite. Enlarged adenoids ?
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A 44-year old asked:
Info on enlarged tonsils and adenoids please? Do they both need to come out?
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A 31-year old asked:
Need doctor's help! will infant formula allergies cause enlarged tonsils and adenoids?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Can adenoids become enlarged in adults and cause problems? If so, what are some of the common causes for adenoid hypertrophy in adults?
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A 40-year old male asked about a male:
My child 7yrs was diagonalized with adenoid enlarge and need surgery, please is there no other means of cure ?
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