Question
What are the health risks of pediatric adenoid hypertrophy?
Answer
Generally, adenoid hypertrophy does not pose significant health risks to children. However, if children repeatedly suffer from upper respiratory infections, the inflammation can repeatedly affect the adenoids, leading to pathological fibrosis. This can cause rapid fibrosis and hypertrophy, which may alleviate nasal obstruction but also obstruct nasal drainage. Nasal secretions can then further affect the adenoids, causing them to focus on fibrosis, creating a vicious circle (vicious cycle) that can interfere with a child’s growth and development. If symptoms are not very severe, it may be advisable to carefully observe for a period of time, prevent respiratory infections, and the adenoids may gradually swell, which would be ideal, of course.