Adenoids are lymphoid tissues located in the midline of the posterior parietal wall of the nasopharynx and serve as transportation hubs for the nasal, oral, and throat passages. Together with the palatal tonsils, lingual tonsils, eustachian tube tonsils, lateral pharyngeal cords, and lymphatic follicles in the posterior pharyngeal wall, it forms the pharyngeal lymphatic ring.
The main function of adenoids is local immune defense against invading pathogenic microorganisms, and adenoid hypertrophy is a common high incidence in children and adolescents, which seriously affects the growth and development of children's physical and mental brain and body.
Adenoid hypertrophy is often caused by inflammatory stimuli, including sinusitis, acute and chronic tonsillitis, acute and chronic pharyngitis, and acute epidemics. When the baby's adenoids are stimulated by these inflammations for a long time, the adenoids will gradually proliferate and become hypertrophied, which will lead to worsening nasal congestion, hindering nasal drainage, leading to nasal discharge and postnasal drip sign.
At the same time, the tissues around the adenoids will also be repeatedly stimulated by inflammation, resulting in pathological hyperplasia of the adenoids, forming a vicious circle of mutual cause and effect, and symptoms such as sleep snoring, mouth breathing, and apnea appear.
These symptoms not only affect the quality of your baby's sleep, but also cause a lack of oxygen to your brain, which can affect your baby's mental development. Adenoid hypertrophy can also lead to abnormal facial development in the baby, resulting in an "adenoid facial" that affects appearance.
The main hazards of adenoid hypertrophy include:
1.Affect breathing: Adenoidal hypertrophy can block the airway, making the child need to breathe through the mouth when breathing, which can lead to problems such as thickened lips and crooked teeth in the long run.
2.Hearing loss: If adenoid hypertrophy persists for a long time, it can compress the ear canal, causing hearing loss in children and even otitis media in severe cases.
3.Affect facial appearance: Adenoid hypertrophy may lead to abnormal maxillofacial development in children, resulting in "adenoid facies", that is, elongated jaws, high arched palate bones, irregular dentition, protruding upper incisors, etc.
4.Mental health: Children with adenoid hypertrophy often have problems such as poor breathing and snoring, which affect the quality of sleep, resulting in poor concentration during the day, and even psychological problems such as anxiety and depression.
Therefore, when a child is diagnosed with adenoid hypertrophy, parents should seek help from a doctor in time to take appropriate measures to avoid the occurrence of adverse effects.
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For mild adenoid hypertrophy, symptoms can usually be relieved with medications**. At the same time, nasal irrigation can also be performed to keep the nasal passages clean and relieve symptoms.
In conclusion, adenoid hypertrophy is a common childhood disease that parents should pay enough attention to. If your baby has symptoms such as snoring, mouth breathing, and apnea, you should take your baby to the doctor in time and follow the doctor's advice**.
In daily life, parents should also pay attention to the baby's nose care to avoid upper respiratory tract infections such as colds to reduce the occurrence of adenoid hypertrophy.