What are the symptoms of enlarged tonsils in children?

Young children's immunity is relatively imperfect and they are easily harmed by bacteria, which can cause their tonsils to become enlarged. It can easily cause bacterial infection, especially hemolytic streptococcus, pneumococcus, or staphylococcus, which often manifests itself in a variety of symptoms, such as drooling, coughing, snoring during sleep, respiratory tract infection, etc.

1. Ear symptoms

Due to inflammation, some secretions accumulate in the nasopharynx, and coupled with hypertrophy of the tonsils, the pharyngeal opening becomes blocked, causing purulent or non-suppurative otitis media. In severe cases, it can also lead to hearing loss, tinnitus, and stuffy ears.

2. Nasal symptoms

The nose often suffers from complications such as rhinitis and sinusitis. Babies with this disease generally have the following symptoms: nasal congestion, runny nose, mouth breathing, drooling, occlusive nasal sounds when speaking, snoring during sleep, etc.

3. Symptoms of respiratory infection

Due to inflammation, secretions will irritate the respiratory mucosa, so it is easy to cause some respiratory diseases, such as pharyngitis, tracheitis and bronchitis. Therefore, the child will feel very uncomfortable in the throat, and the voice of his voice will change. At the same time, he will be accompanied by coughing, spitting, wheezing, etc., and some will also have a low fever.

4. “Adenoid facies”

It means that the child breathes through the mouth for a long time, which affects the normal development of the facial bones and causes "deformities" to appear on the face. The child's maxilla becomes long and narrow, while the hard palate becomes highly arched and narrow. At the same time, due to the protruding teeth and irregular tooth arrangement, the child's lower jaw will sag, the lips will become thicker, the upper lip will be upturned, the lower lip will hang, the outer canthus will be pulled down, and the nasolabial groove will become shallow and flat. In addition, long-term illness causes the baby to be listless, making the face look dull and stupid. The combination of various factors forms the "adenoid facies".