Adenoide and tonsillectomy is an important treatment for snoring in children. According to a recent meta-analysis, adenoide and tonsillectomy does not affect the immune function of children, and this conclusion helps to dispel the doubts in the minds of many parents of children. The following should be noted after surgery: 1. Risk of postoperative bleeding: Bleeding after adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy often occurs within 24 hours or 5-7 days after surgery. A small amount of blood in the saliva after surgery is normal, but a large amount of blood spitting should be seen immediately. Child patients with frequent swallowing motions should suspect the possibility of bleeding and report it to the surgeon immediately. Nowadays, many means can reduce intraoperative bleeding, such as low-temperature plasma knife surgery, but the probability of postoperative bleeding cannot be significantly reduced; therefore, postoperative bleeding is still the main complication of adenoids and tonsils surgery.
2.Fast for 4 hours after surgery, after 4 hours you can eat some cold liquid food, such as ice cream, milk, etc. Avoid hot drinks and harder food. Eat semi-liquid food within 2 weeks after surgery. Encourage eating after surgery is good for speeding up the wound healing.
3.A layer of white film will grow in the tonsillar fossa about 24 hours after surgery, which is a normal phenomenon, not pus as some parents or non-professional doctors think. At this time, you should pay attention to keep your mouth clean and gently rinse your mouth with light salt water. If the mucous membrane is dirty, it indicates the possibility of wound infection.
4. Due to the effect of surgery on the child’s resting and eating, the probability of the child catching a cold and respiratory infection increases within one week after surgery. Therefore, when fever appears after surgery, parents do not need to panic, but can go to the hospital otorhinolaryngology department to confirm that the wound is not infected, and then go to the internal medicine department to follow the routine treatment of cold or respiratory infection.