Adenoids
Does your child suffer from -
- A very stuffy nose, and can breathe only through his or her mouth (noisy breathing)
- Trouble getting a good night's sleep
- Snoring when sleeping
- Swollen glands in the neck
- Frequent ear pain
- Nasal twang to his/her speech or unclear speech?
If you have answered ‘yes’ to any two of the above questions, your child might be having enlarged adenoids. Now, what are adenoids? Let us understand –
Adenoids/ pharayngeal tonsil is a mass of lymphoid tissue that sits in the back of the nasal cavity. Like tonsils, adenoids help keep your body healthy by trapping harmful bacteria and viruses that you breathe in or swallow.
Adenoids do important work as infection fighters for babies and little kids. But they become less important as a kid gets older and the body develops other ways to fight germs.
Like other lyphoid tissue in the body (tonsils, lymph glands, spleen) adenoids may enlarge when fighting off germs which enter when you breathe. This is totally normal and is how it is supposed to work. However, in some children the adenoids remain chronically enlarged causing discomfort to the child.
What scope does Allopathy have in this condition?
There are no medicines to decrease the size of the adenoids, the ENT specialist may prescribe antibiotics and observe. However, surgery is advised frequently. Surgery should be performed only if the discomfort is
- Severe and debilitating, or
- If the child is failing to thrive – the growth is stunted.
- Dental surgery for malaligned teeth
Most cases respond wonderfully to Homoeopathic treatment.
How can Homoeopathy help?
Chronically enlarged adenoids are due to an excessive immune response to infectious agents like bacteria and viruses or to any inhaled particles like dust, pollen, spores etc (allergens) which trigger an immune response.
This excessive immune response doesn’t happen in all kids in the same area or the same family, indicating that there is no external cause for it, but rather an internal dysregulation. And this is exactly where Homeopathy helps! Homeopathy treats the ill child/person and not just the organ. Hence not just the physical complaint but also the mental and emotional aspects are taken in to consideration when selecting the precise remedy.
Once you start Homeopathic treatment for enalrged adenoids you will notice that –
- Snoring reduces and stops gradually
- Speech improves
- Immunity improves and the intensity and frequency of infections or allergic episodes goes down.
- The size of adenoids reduces as compared on X rays.
- Surgery can be avoided.
- Overall physical, mental and emotional well being of the child is maintained.
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