1, the harm of tonsil enlargement in children
1, snoring
Snoring is one of the main symptoms in tonsil hypertrophy, and tonsil hypertrophy is caused by tonsil hypertrophy blocking the airway. Severe snoring can develop into sleep apnea, leading to lack of oxygen at night. Long-term hypoxia makes children unable to get a good rest at night, stay in bed in the morning, be very tired during the day, have a bad temper and be easily agitated. In addition, children who snore frequently are four times more likely to suffer from ADHD than ordinary children. These children often show inattention and hyperactivity in class.
2, nocturnal enuresis
Otolaryngology experts found that children in tonsil hypertrophy often wet their beds at night. This may be because tonsil hypertrophy makes children breathe irregularly at night, causing sleep apnea, and the brain is in a state of hypoxia, unable to control the bladder detrusor, leading to dysuria.
3. Obesity
Obese babies generally have a lot of phlegm and are prone to expectoration. In addition, the hypertrophy of tonsils and the thick fat in the neck and chest squeeze the airway, which increases the resistance of the respiratory tract and seriously affects the quality of sleep at night, thus endangering the baby's physical and mental health. At the same time, obese babies are more lazy, listless during the day, and do not like sports, forming a vicious circle, which makes children gain weight continuously.
4. Recurrent upper respiratory tract infection
Babies in tonsil hypertrophy are prone to recurrent acute upper respiratory tract infections, such as acute suppurative tonsillitis, acute otitis media, rhinitis, sinusitis and bronchitis. Children often have symptoms such as throat discomfort, voice change, nasal congestion, cough and spitting, asthma, low fever and so on.
5, adenoid face
Due to long-term breathing with the mouth open, the airflow impacts the hard palate, causing it to deform and arch, affecting the development of facial bones. The upper jaw is long and narrow, the high arch of the hard palate is narrowed, the teeth are prominent, the dentition is irregular, the occlusion is poor, the lower jaw is drooping, the upper lip is short and thick, the lower lip is drooping, the outer canthus is pulled down, and the nasolabial groove is shallow and flat. Coupled with the baby's listlessness and dull facial expression, this is the "adenoid face."
2. Causes of tonsillar enlargement in children
Tonsillar swelling is caused by inflammation and congestion of tonsils. Some tonsils swell in a short time, and some tonsils swell for a long time, as if they have been in a state of congestion. Anatomically speaking, tonsils are located in the pharyngeal isthmus, and on the respiratory tract, as long as there is heat evil in the lungs, they will certainly fumigate tonsils, so tonsil enlargement must be caused by lung heat.
Some patients feel sore throat when they have a fever. When they find that their tonsils are congested, swollen and purulent, they think that they are all caused by tonsils. Tonsillar inflammation has become the chief culprit of fever. They think that after tonsillectomy, there will be no inflammation and no fever. This is really a big injustice. Tonsils are more unfair than "Dou E"! Fever is caused by lung heat, tonsillitis is also caused by lung heat fumigation, and tonsils are also victims. What role can it play if the "initiator" is not removed and lung heat is not removed? Traditional Chinese medicine says that "the temporary solution must be cured", so surgical resection is not the best way to treat tonsillar enlargement, and clearing lung heat is the correct treatment.
In the United States, there are many people who have tonsillectomy, and the number of surgical cases has reached a very alarming number. Although the United States has developed science and technology and so many people have their tonsils removed, personally, I don't think this is necessarily correct, and we don't need to imitate it. Any organ of the human body has its function. If there is no function, it will naturally shrink, degenerate and disappear. At present, we have not found the important role of tonsils, but this does not mean that tonsils have no effect. Therefore, I advise you not to cut off your tonsils easily. Confucius said, "The relatives of the skin should not be harmed." Is it not tonsillitis? This is also a manifestation of lung heat! When the lung heat is clear, tonsillitis will naturally be fine and not swollen.
It is understood that the cause of tonsillar enlargement lies in lung heat. Therefore, the treatment of acute tonsillitis in traditional Chinese medicine is mainly to clear lung heat. Lung-clearing drugs mainly disperse the lung, clear away heat and toxic materials, dredge fu organs and purge heat. Chronic tonsillar enlargement can also be based on the above drugs, plus some drugs that soften and disperse the hard mass, and the effect is quite good.
3. Dietotherapy for children with tonsillar enlargement
It's really hard for children to get sick. On the one hand, parents are worried about the side effects of drug treatment, on the other hand, they are worried that the condition will be delayed for a long time and the later treatment will be difficult. Dietary nutrition experts reminded that in addition to drug treatment, in fact, diet conditioning can also play a very good role in aftercare treatment. Here are three common and efficient methods to share with you.
1, cucumber porridge
The specific method is not difficult. Dice cucumber, soak rice and corn kernels for half an hour, boil with clear water, add rice and corn kernels and cook with low heat, which usually takes about 8 to 10 minutes. Then turn off the fire, add the yellow diced rice, stir with a spoon, and turn off the fire until the whole body is sticky. Turn off the fire and stew 10 minute.
2, Sydney honey bitter gourd juice
Many children don't like bitter gourd, but if honey and Sydney are added, the taste will be completely different. On the one hand, it can achieve the effect and purpose of reducing fire, on the other hand, children love to eat. Put the bitter gourd in the refrigerator for a while, take it out, clean it and cut it into pieces, put it in a blender, add 2 cups of cold water to open it, cut Sydney into juice, filter the two, mix them, and add honey according to the baby's taste.
3. Pear porridge
Wash the japonica rice, soak it in clear water for one hour, take two pears, wash them, and chop up the belt core. Boil yali pear in water for 30 minutes, filter out yali pear residue, then put japonica rice into the pot and turn to low heat to boil. Generally, the soaked japonica rice will be boiled for 20 minutes before stewing 10 minutes.
The above is all the information shared by experts about the diet therapy for tonsillar enlargement in children. It should be reminded that compared with adults, children's digestive system is relatively average. When choosing a diet, we must pay attention to cooking methods that are more acceptable to children, such as adding more sugar and cutting food into small pieces.
4. Treatment methods
1, drug therapy: traditional drug therapy for acute tonsillitis generally adopts antibacterial and anti-inflammatory drugs. The disadvantage of this local treatment is that it can only alleviate inflammation and cannot remove bacteria from tonsil fossa. Once the body's resistance drops, it is easy to relapse for a long time, forming chronic diseases.
2. Surgical treatment: Tonsils have a certain immune function, and surgical removal of tonsils is dangerous, which also brings great pain and heavy economic burden to patients. Generally speaking, tonsillectomy is not recommended if you are not seriously ill.