Hypertrophy of proliferative tissues in children

Hypertrophy of children's proliferative bodies is actually a relatively common disease, but many parents do not understand it and sometimes ignore the disease, causing the disease to cause greater damage to health. The clinical manifestations of adenomatous cell hypertrophy in children generally include nasal congestion and runny nose, disappearance of nasolabial grooves, enlarged submandibular and mandibular angle lymph nodes, etc.

Adenoid hypertrophy is a common disease in children, mostly caused by repeated attacks of acute or subacute inflammation of the nasopharynx, which causes pathological hypertrophy of the adenoids and lymphoid follicles of the nasopharyngeal mucosa. Hypertrophy of adenomatous bodies often coexists with chronic tonsillitis. This disease is prone to occur in cold and humid areas.

Clinical manifestations

1. The child has nasal congestion and runny nose, irritating cough, mouth breathing, snoring when falling asleep, restless nights, listlessness, mental retardation, and hearing loss.

2. Proliferative face: short, thick and upturned upper lip, drooping lower jaw, disappearance of nasolabial groove, high arched hard palate, uneven teeth, and dull expression.

3. It is often accompanied by enlarged and inflamed tonsils, enlarged nasal conchae, accumulation of nasal secretions, or mucopurulent secretions hanging from the nasopharynx to the posterior wall of the pharynx.

4. Tympanic membrane retraction, adhesion or tympanic effusion. Submandibular and mandibular angle lymph nodes are swollen.

5. Use digital examination to feel a soft, orange-shaped lump at the top of the child's nasopharynx.

Treatment principles

1. Mild cases: use nasal drops of mucosa astringent.

2. For severe cases: surgical removal of the proliferative bodies.

Medication principles

1. For patients with mild symptoms, conservative treatment is recommended, and the drugs to be used are mainly "1" in the medication frame limit "A" and other auxiliary drugs.

2. For surgical cases, use "A"-"2".

The adenomatous bodies enlarge and symptoms may occur in the ears, nose, and throat. Tonsils are collections of lymphoid tissue located at the top of the larynx and behind the tonsils (just below them).

It plays a special role in children: it produces antibodies and helps children resist the invasion of respiratory bacteria. When children are 3 to 7 years old, the proliferative bodies protect the lungs and chest from infection. Around the age of 8, the proliferative bodies begin to atrophy and disappear in adulthood.

When the adenocarcinoma becomes infected or irritated, it swells and often blocks the airway to the nasal cavity and the Eustachian tube to the ear, causing mild to severe breathing difficulties or hearing impairment. If left untreated, the enlarged growths can lead to chronic sinusitis and, in severe cases, sleep apnea (a period during which a child stops breathing for several seconds at night).