What is adenoid hypertrophy?

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Adenoids, also known as pharyngeal tonsils or proliferators, are located at the top of the nasopharynx and the posterior pharyngeal wall. They are lymphoid tissues with orange petals on the surface. Adenoids, like tonsils, grow up with age after birth, and proliferate vigorously at 2-6 years old. So it often happens to children. Sleep snoring, restless sleep, children often turn over from time to time, more obvious when supine, severe apnea and so on. What is adenoid hypertrophy? Now let's talk about it.

What is adenoid hypertrophy?

There are many kinds of bacteria in normal children's adenoids, but they don't usually get sick. When the temperature changes, children malnutrition, decreased resistance, can lead to adenoid inflammation, repeated attacks can lead to adenoid hypertrophy.

Frequent exposure to allergens, air pollution, upper respiratory tract infection caused by cold stimulation, acute infectious diseases and acute adenoiditis can also lead to adenoidal hypertrophy. Especially children with allergic constitution are more prone to adenoid hypertrophy.

When allergic rhinitis, postnasal drip syndrome, upper respiratory tract cough syndrome, allergic rhinitis asthma syndrome, allergic nasal bronchitis, various chronic rhinitis and sinusitis, the inflammatory secretion in the nasal cavity can be repeatedly stimulated to make adenoids in the process of backward flow, which can lead to adenoid hypertrophy for a long time.

matters needing attention

Glandular hypertrophy of the people, like eating meat, less vegetables, easy constipation. So we need to control the patient's diet, reduce greasy food, eat less meat, fried food, spicy food, add more vegetables, coarse grains and so on, ensure the body needs vitamins, and improve immunity.