A child with two meatballs in his throat should be considered to have enlarged tonsils. Tonsil hypertrophy has physiological tonsil hypertrophy, pathological tonsil hypertrophy.
1. physiological tonsil hypertrophy: tonsils itself belongs to the lymphatic tissue, due to childhood, especially during the age of 4-10 years, due to the gradual improvement of the body’s immune system function, the immune system function is more active, the need to produce more immune cells for the body’s needs. At this time, the tonsil tissue will appear compensatory hyperplasia and hypertrophy.
2. Pathological tonsillar hypertrophy: because bacteria or viruses are easy to grow and remain in the tonsil glands, it is easy to cause recurrent tonsillitis, usually accompanied by sore throat, fever and other symptoms. Due to long-term inflammation stimulation caused by tonsil hyperplasia and hypertrophy, then consider pathological hypertrophy.
Therefore, if you find children with enlarged tonsils, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, according to the local symptoms, clinical manifestations, the specific degree of hypertrophy to determine a reasonable treatment plan.