Enlarged Adenoids : Treatments

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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:January 30, 2007
An adenoidectomy is the surgical removal of the adenoids- small lumps of tissue that lie in the back of the throat behind the nose. Purpose The adenoids are removed if they block breathing through the nose and if they cause chronic earaches or deafness.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Adenoid removal, also called adenoidectomy, is the surgical removal of the adenoid glands from the area between the nasal airway and the back of the throat (nasopharynx). Adenoidectomy is frequently done in conjunction with surgical removal of tonsils ( tonsillectomy ).
Source:ADAM
Date:October 20, 2006
Tonsillectomy/AdenoidectomyYour child may be having surgery to remove the tonsils or adenoids. If required, the tonsils and adenoids can be removed during the same surgery.
Source:StayWell
Antibiotics are used for treatment or prevention of bacterial infection. They may be informally defined as the subgroup of anti-infectives that are derived from bacterial sources and are used to treat bacterial infections.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Detailed information on the use of antibiotics and children
Source:StayWell
Antibiotics may be informally defined as the sub-group of anti-infectives that are derived from bacterial sources and are used to treat bacterial infections. Other classes of drugs, most notably the sulfonamides , may be effective antibacterials.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Antibiotics are drugs that are used to treat infections caused by bacteria and other organisms, including protozoa, parasites, and fungi. Purpose Many treatments for cancer destroy disease-fighting white blood cells, thereby reducing the body ' s ability to fight infection.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Antibiotics may be informally defined as the sub-group of anti-infectives that are derived from bacterial sources and are used to treat bacterial infections. Other classes of drugs, most notably the sulfonamides, may be effective antibacterials.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Antibiotics may be informally defined as the subgroup of anti-infectives derived from bacterial sources and used to treat bacterial infections. Purpose Antibiotics are used for treatment or prevention of bacterial infection.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Antibiotics represent a class of drugs used in the treatment of infections and infectious diseases caused by bacteria. These bacteria possess unique features (e.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Drugs used to combat bacteria that cause infection. Antibiotics are substances that combat bacteria, and, as a result, relieve the symptoms of infections caused by bacteria.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
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