Do 6-year-olds need surgery for enlarged tonsils?

Whether or not a 6-year-old child with enlarged tonsils needs surgery also needs to be determined in the context of the specific medical condition. If it is only physiological enlargement without other obvious symptoms, generally do not need surgery, but if it occurs repeatedly or affect breathing, etc., then need to consider surgical treatment. If a 6-year-old child has enlarged tonsils without any clinical symptoms, and does not affect the normal physiological functions such as swallowing and breathing. Surgery is generally not needed. However, if the tonsil hypertrophy has obvious discomfort symptoms, and seriously affects the normal physiological functions such as breathing and swallowing. Such as snoring in the process of apnea, or chronic tonsillitis caused by repeated inflammation of the tonsils, and two to three times a year, more than two to three consecutive years of patients. Surgery can be performed. Tonsillar hypertrophy is a common physiological phenomenon, it is recommended that patients go to the hospital in time, to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of professional doctors, for treatment.