Tonsillar hypertrophy at the age of 10 years does not necessarily need to be removed. Whether or not tonsil hypertrophy needs to be removed, should be combined with the degree of tonsil hypertrophy, whether accompanied by repeated acute attacks of chronic tonsillitis, whether or not to become the “foci” of other organ lesions, the patient’s clinical symptoms to consider, age is not an absolute indication for surgery.
1. Tonsil hypertrophy is divided into three degrees, for one degree, two degrees of hypertrophy of the child, if there is no sleep snoring, open-mouth breathing, pharyngeal foreign body sensation, etc., can be considered for observation. For children with third-degree hypertrophy, if they have the above clinical symptoms and conservative treatment is ineffective, surgical resection is recommended.
2. For children with enlarged tonsils and chronic tonsillitis, due to long-term stimulation of inflammation, the tonsils are more difficult to shrink. If the acute tonsillitis attack is more frequent, more than three times a year, there are also surgical indications, surgical resection is recommended.
3. Chronic tonsillitis has become the “foci” of other organ diseases, such as nephritis, skin diseases. Or it is associated with the lesions of neighboring organs. Surgical removal is recommended.
Therefore, if the 10-year-old child with enlarged tonsils, it is recommended to go to the regular hospital to consult, according to the specific circumstances to decide whether the need for surgical removal.