Tonsillar adenoid hypertrophy in children is the main cause of obstructive sleep apnea hypoventilation syndrome in children, and surgery is the main treatment, but many parents, especially parents of younger children (under 5 years old), worry that removing the palatine tonsils will affect the immune function of the child.
Theoretically, the palatine tonsils and adenoids, as lymphoid organs, are involved in the local immune function in the pharynx, resisting the effects of foreign bodies and antigens on the body. However, in the past 100 years of palatine tonsil surgery, there have never been any reports of immunocompromised children, probably because the lymphatic tissue in the pharynx is divided into an inner ring and an outer ring, and the palatine tonsils and adenoids are only part of the inner ring.
In addition, if parents are really worried about the immune function, they can take blood to check the immune function before surgery and 3-6 months after surgery, usually only 4-6ml of blood is taken, and it costs 3-4 hundred yuan to dynamically observe the immune function changes.