Patient's question:
After 30 days, the child had a cold. The doctor prescribed anti-inflammatory medication and antiviral drugs. After taking them for five days, there was no improvement. Later, the child started crying and experiencing difficulty breathing after physical activity. They visited a women and children's hospital, where X-rays revealed bronchopneumonia, and the child still had some wheezing. The child stayed in the hospital for 13 days, and the doctor said that both the lungs and trachea had improved, allowing them to be discharged. Since then, it has been one month, and the child still cries and experiences difficulty breathing after activity, but shows no symptoms during rest or sleep. The child does not cough. What could be the cause? Is it possible that it is bronchial asthma?Doctor's answer:
1. Adenoid hypertrophy leads to breathing difficulties, mouth breathing, snoring, and over time, choking on water. It can also cause facial growth and development disorders, such as narrow maxilla, narrow and high hard palate, weak incisors, malocclusion, poor mastication, deviated nasal septum, curved mandible, thick lips, upturned upper lip, standing lower lip, pulled-down lateral canthi, flattened nasolabial folds. Additionally, combined with mental sluggishness and dull facial expressions, it forms what is known as the "adenoid face."2. The optimal age for adenoid hypertrophy surgery is between 4 and 8 years old. For those with the aforementioned symptoms, the earlier the surgery, the better. Performing the surgery before permanent teeth erupt can ensure normal facial and dental growth and development.