Patient's question:
My child has been experiencing seasonal runny nose and crusts in their nose for a year. The local hospital diagnosed it as adenoid hypertrophy! Now they also have otitis media with effusion! The doctor recommended surgery, but I feel the child is too young!Doctor's answer:
Adenoid hypertrophy is generally caused by a child's cold or cough not healing completely. Long-term nasal congestion can lead to facial deformation, affect intelligence, and cause middle ear infections. It is important to have surgery in a timely manner. Plasma treatment can also be adopted for adenoid hypertrophy. If a child gets this condition after the age of four or five and the situation is not too severe, it can be persisted with. After the age of ten or so, it may shrink on its own.