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Enlarged Adenoids : Treatments

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Enlarged adenoids
Surgical removal of the adenoids (adenoidectomy) will prevent complications, and will cure complications if they already exist from enlarged adenoids. Antibiotics may be used to treat tonsil, adenoid, and sinus infections when they occur.
Source:ADAM
Date:December 1, 2008

Specific Treatments Articles

Adenoidectomy
An adenoidectomy is the surgical removal of the adenoids—small lumps of tissue that lie in the back of the throat behind the nose.The adenoids are removed if they block breathing through the nose and if they cause chronic earaches or deafnes...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Adenoid removal
Adenoid removal is surgery to take out the adenoid glands. These glands are located between the airway you breathe into through your nose and the back of your throat.
Source:ADAM
Date:January 26, 2009
Tonsillectomy/Adenoidectomy
Your child may be having surgery to remove the tonsils or adenoids. If required, the tonsils and adenoids can be removed during the same surgery. The two procedures are described below.
Source:StayWell
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