Adenoid hypertrophy, children can be asymptomatic, can also appear snoring, secretory otitis media, “adenoid face”, etc. Adult patients are less, there will be pharyngeal dryness, foreign body sensation and other local symptoms, systemic symptoms are not obvious.
1. Symptoms in children
(1) Ear symptoms: may cause secretory otitis media, hearing loss, low-pitched tinnitus, ear blockage and stuffiness, sometimes accompanied by ear pain and other uncomfortable symptoms.
(2) Nasal symptoms: often accompanied by rhinitis, sinusitis, will show nasal congestion, runny nose, nasal congestion nasal sound, and in severe cases, snoring at night with breath holding.
(3) Pharyngeal symptoms: it is easy to cause secretions to flow back into the throat, and irritating cough may occur.
(4)Facial effects: prolonged open-mouth breathing will cause facial bone development deformity, thickening of upper lip, convex teeth, elongated maxilla and other “adenoid face”.
(4) Systemic symptoms: may show inattention, slow reaction, irritability, anorexia and other symptoms.
(2) Adult symptoms: Adult patients are rare, mostly manifested as rhinitis, dryness, foreign body sensation, systemic symptoms are not obvious.
Adenoid hypertrophy is recommended to consult a doctor in time, under the guidance of the doctor to determine the treatment plan, to avoid blindly using their own medication.