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Enlarged Adenoids : Complications

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Complications Overview Articles

Enlarged adenoids
Enlarged adenoids can cause health-threatening conditions such as chronic ear infections, sleep apnea, pulmonary hypertension, and right-sided heart failure.
Source:ADAM
Date:December 1, 2008

Specific Complications Articles

Obstructive sleep apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea is a condition in which a person has episodes of stopped breathing during sleep.Sleep apnea- obstructive; Apnea- obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.Normally, the muscles of the upper part of the throat help keep the airway op...
Source:ADAM
Date:September 11, 2008
Sleep Apnea
Sleep apnea is a condition in which breathing stops for more than 10 seconds during sleep. Sleep apnea is a major, though often unrecognized, cause of daytime sleepiness.A sleeping person normally breathes continuously and uninterruptedly througho...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Sleep Apnea
Sleep apnea, or sleep-disordered breathing, is a condition in which breathing is briefly interrupted or even stops episodically during sleep. Because repeated arousal or even full awakening when breathing stops disturbs sleep, individuals sufferin...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Sleep Apnea
Sleep apnea is a condition in which breathing stops for more than ten seconds during sleep. Sleep apnea is a major, though often unrecognized, cause of daytime sleepiness.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Cor pulmonale
Cor pulmonale is failure of the right side of the heart brought on by long-term high blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries and right ventricle of the heart.Normally, the left side of the heart produces a higher blood pressure in order to pump b...
Source:ADAM
Date:April 24, 2009
Cor Pulmonale
Cor pulmonale is an increase in bulk of the right ventricle of the heart, generally caused by chronic diseases or malfunction of the lungs. This condition can lead to heart failure.Cor pulmonale, or pulmonary heart disease, occurs in 25% of patien...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Otitis media - chronic
Chronic otitis media is inflammation or infection of the middle ear that persists or keeps coming back.Middle ear infection- chronic; Ear infection- chronic; Chronic otitis media; Chronic ear infection.Chronic otitis media is present when fluid be...
Source:ADAM
Date:April 22, 2008
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