Dandelion for adenoids hypertrophy

Nowadays, more and more children often have some inexplicable physical symptoms, which are easily ignored by their parents. They always think that children are young and should not have other diseases except colds and fevers. When children have adenoids hypertrophy, parents become very anxious and even try all kinds of medicines or folk remedies for treatment. The main thing in treatment is to find the right direction and not to treat blindly. Can dandelion treat adenoids hypertrophy? Are your adenoids enlarged?

Adenoids hypertrophy is the enlargement of the pharyngeal tonsils. The adenoids are hidden in the back of the nasal cavity and are the lymphatic tissue at the top of the nasopharynx. They exist at birth and proliferate with age. They are largest around the age of 6 and then gradually degenerate, generally starting to atrophy after the age of 10.

Adenoids hypertrophy in children is mostly physiological. Only when it affects the overall health or adjacent organs is it called adenoids hypertrophy. Generally, adenoids hypertrophy does not pose a great threat to children's health. However, if children suffer from repeated upper respiratory tract infections, the adenoids will undergo pathological hyperplasia due to repeated stimulation of inflammation. They can rapidly proliferate and enlarge, aggravating nasal obstruction and hinder nasal drainage. Nasal secretions will stimulate the adenoids to continue to proliferate, forming a vicious cycle of cause and effect, affecting the child's growth and development.

Since children's nasopharynx is relatively narrow, when the adenoids are enlarged, they will breathe through their mouths due to nasal congestion. Especially at night when sleeping, the muscles of the tongue and pharynx relax, causing the root of the tongue to droop slightly backwards, affecting the exhaust during exhalation and aggravating the symptoms.

Long-term mouth breathing will cause the airflow to impact the hard palate, causing it to deform and arch. Over time, the facial development will also be deformed, resulting in a short, thick and upturned upper lip, drooping mandible, disappearance of nasolabial groove, high and arched hard palate, uneven teeth, protruding upper incisors, poor bite, deviated nasal septum, etc. The facial muscles are not easy to move and lack expression, which is called "adenoid facies". The child's nasal mucus flows back into the pharynx, irritating the lower respiratory tract mucosa, causing coughing, and making the child more susceptible to bronchitis. Blockage of the otolaryngology tube may cause the eardrum to retract, resulting in catarrhal otitis media and affecting hearing.

In addition, children who breathe through their mouths for a long time and have blocked noses can easily suffer from ischemia and hypoxia in the head, resulting in mental depression, headaches, dizziness, and slow reactions. Since children's development requires a lot of oxygen, adenoids hypertrophy will cause children to suffer from severe hypoxia during sleep, which will directly lead to insufficient oxygen supply for brain development and cause a decrease in the secretion of growth hormone. This will not only affect the child's development, but also reduce the body's resistance, which will also affect the child's future intelligence. Therefore, these children are not only prone to respiratory infections, but also to pigeon chest and funnel chest. Long-term severe respiratory obstruction can lead to poor lung expansion and ventilation, increased pulmonary artery pressure, and even induce cor pulmonale.

Therefore, severe adenoids hypertrophy can cause serious harm. If a child has enlarged adenoids, the cause should be treated. If the symptoms are not very serious, you can observe for a period of time to prevent respiratory infections. The adenoids may also gradually atrophy. Of course, this is ideal. Currently, the best treatment for adenoids hypertrophy is surgical resection, which has good postoperative effects and can generally be performed on children over 3 years old. But if you wait until your child develops "adenoid facies", it will be difficult to recover, which would be a great pity. As to whether the surgical indications are met, the opinion of the attending otolaryngologist should be heard.