Adenoid hyperplasia

The adenoids are actually a part of the lymphatic tissue, and their shape is somewhat similar to that of the tonsils, except that the adenoids are attached to the back of the human nasal cavity. Moreover, the characteristics of adenoids are somewhat similar to those of tonsils, and both are easily infected and cause adenoids enlargement. If a person's adenoids are infected during childhood, they may develop adenoid hyperplasia. What is the treatment for adenoid hyperplasia?

1. Main Causes

Repeated inflammation of the nasopharynx and its adjacent areas or the adenoids themselves causes pathological proliferation of the adenoids.

Pathophysiology

Children are prone to chronic tonsillitis, frontal sinusitis, and pediatric suppurative tonsillitis. If the disease recurs, the adenoids can rapidly proliferate and hypertrophy, aggravating nasal obstruction and obstructing nasal drainage. The secretions of rhinitis and sinusitis will stimulate the adenoids to continue to proliferate, forming a vicious cycle of cause and effect. It is more common in children and often coexists with chronic tonsillitis.

3. Treatment Methods

Surgical removal of the adenoids can be performed at the same time as tonsillectomy or separately. Those who are not suitable for surgery can consider radiotherapy.

1. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment

Positive symptoms: Mainly focusing on eliminating phlegm and softening hard masses. The commonly used representative prescription is Sanzi Jindeng Decoction. Commonly used medicines: perilla seed, radish seed, white mustard seed, hanging lantern, platycodon, mountain arrowhead, six-curve, and licorice.

Deficiency syndrome: mainly focusing on invigorating Qi and resolving phlegm. The commonly used representative prescription is Si Hai Liu Jun Zi Decoction. Commonly used medicines: seaweed, kelp, pumice, sea clam shell, Pseudostellaria baicalensis, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, Pinellia ternata, Platycodon grandiflorum.

2. Diet therapy

Medicine and food have the same origin. Especially for children who have difficulty taking medicine, using diet therapy is also a good method, among which taro is the most ideal. Eat about 200 grams a day, and you can season it with any flavor, whether light, sweet, or salty, and steam it, stew it, or make soup with it. Take for 3-6 months. The next is water chestnut, which has a short growth period and is difficult to sustain throughout the four seasons. It cannot be used as seasoning and can only be cooked and eaten blandly. Kelp, jellyfish, etc. are also good medicinal foods for this disease.

3. Surgical treatment

Children aged 4 years and above can have it removed surgically. However, surgery can easily damage the soft palate and cause soft palate paralysis, or cause Eustachian tube obstruction and catarrhal otitis media. It may also damage the pharyngeal wall, causing excessive scarring and resulting in dryness of the pharynx. In addition, some children cannot cooperate well and therefore cannot take internal medication. Conservative treatment, using food therapy, is the safest.