Patient's question:
My baby is 18 months old. After a month of having a cold, the nasal congestion became severe when the cold subsided. The nasal congestion lasted for 15 days, with initial congestion and later snoring during sleep. At its worst, there were episodes of breathing pauses of about 10 seconds, and the baby would cry after waking up from suffocation and have difficulty falling back asleep. The doctor diagnosed it as adenoid hypertrophy after taking X-rays at the hospital and recommended a general anesthesia surgery. I hesitated and didn’t go through with it. I’d like to ask if there are any conservative treatments for adenoid hypertrophy?Doctor's answer:
Pay attention to nutrition, prevent colds, and enhance immune function, such as by injecting placental globulin and transfer factor. Use 0.5% ephedrine nasal drops to relieve nasal congestion. Also, actively treat the underlying cause of the condition. If tonsillar hypertrophy is present, consider tonsillectomy as a preliminary treatment. Since pharyngeal tonsils tend to shrink with age, the condition may improve or symptoms may completely disappear.