Children with enlarged adenoids can be initially judged by their face, open mouth breathing, etc., and the final diagnosis needs to go to the hospital for examination.
Children’s adenoids, also called pharyngeal tonsils, is a group of lymphatic tissues, with age will also be physiological enlargement, if repeated colds, inflammation stimulation, adenoids enlargement will block the airway, affecting the normal respiratory function.
Prolonged adenoid hypertrophy, there will be teeth protruding, upper lip upturned and other adenoid face, the child sleeps with his mouth open to breathe, snoring, etc., and may affect the development of serious. A preliminary diagnosis of adenoid hypertrophy can be made by looking at the child’s face.
If you consider that you may have adenoid hypertrophy, you can go to the hospital for a radiograph and consider the need for surgery when the adenoids block the airway more than 2/3.
Whether or not a child has enlarged adenoids can be determined initially by the appearance of the child’s face, but the final diagnosis needs to be made at the hospital.