Adenoids

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Adenoids are masses of tissue located high on the posterior wall of the pharynx. They are made up of lymphatic tissue, which trap and destroy pathogens in the air that enter the nasopharynx.
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Adenoids
Dr Trisha Macnair
The adenoids normally play an important part in the body's immune defence against invading micro-organisms. Here, we take a look at why they become enlarged.
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Adenoids are the small masses of lymphatic tissue located above the tonsils. They sit in the part of the throat that meets the nasal passage (naso pharynx). Like the tonsils, the adenoids help guard against upper respiratory tract infections.
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Adenoids are similar to the tonsils. The adenoids are made up of lymph tissue and are located in the space above the soft roof of the mouth (nasopharynx) and cannot be seen by looking in your child's nose or throat.
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Glandular tissue in the back of the throat that may swell, especially during childhood, obstruct breathing and speaking, and lead to ear infections.
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ADENOIDS (Adenoid Hypertrophy)
SYMPTOMS"It hurts at the back of the child's throat. When he opens his mouth, the area of the tonsils appears red and swollen.
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The adenoids normally shrink as the child reaches adolescence, and adults rarely need adenoidectomy.
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Adenoids (Waldeyer's ring). The tonsils and adenoids are made of lymph tissue and help to fight off infection. Largest in childhood and gradually shrink throughout life.
Peyer's patches .
Lymphoid aggregates in the appendix and large intestine.
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"Tonsils and Adenoids." In Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, ed. Richard E. Behrman. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1996.
Weil, Andrew. Natural Health, Natural Medicine. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1995.
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Tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy, which removes the tonsils and/or the adenoids. It may be used if you have enlarged tonsils and adenoids that are blocking your airway during sleep.
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Enlarged tonsils or adenoids. Your airway can become blocked if your tonsils or the tissues in the back of your throat (adenoids) are too large.
A naturally narrow throat. This may be an inherited characteristic.
Being male.
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LYMPHOID ORGANS: Include tonsils, adenoids, lymph nodes, spleen, thymus, and other tissues.
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Enlarged adenoids or tonsils
Mastoiditis (an infection of the bones around the skull)
Meningitis (an infection of the brain)
Formation of an abscess or a cyst (called cholesteatoma) from chronic, recurrent ear infections ...
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Nighttime incontinence may be one sign of another condition called obstructive sleep apnea, in which the child's breathing is interrupted during sleep, often because of inflamed or enlarged tonsils or adenoids.
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People who have received high-dose radiation for acne or swollen adenoids as a child are at increased risk. The incidence of thyroid cancer also is higher in countries where diets are low in iodine.
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Snoring may indicate some obstruction to nasal breathing such as enlarged adenoids; this is especially true in children. In some individuals it is merely a poor breathing habit and usually disappears when the person lies on his side.
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Upper airway blockage can occur due to narrowing of the nasal passages, enlarged tonsils, and/or adenoids, a large tongue, collapse of the upper part of the voice box, a paralyzed vocal cord, ...
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Secondly, there's the possibility that the muscles and the nerves controlling those muscles are not well integrated during sleep and therefore do not open the airway enough. But the most common reason children snore is enlarged tonsils and adenoids.
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Also, children's adenoids-tissue filled with infection-fighting cells located in the upper part of the throat near the eustachian tubes-can interfere with the tube opening if they get enlarged, as they often do when children are sick.
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