Question
What medication should a child with adenoid hypertrophy take?
Answer
Adenoid hypertrophy is generally caused by a child’s cold or cough not healing completely, leading to long-term nasal congestion that can cause facial deformation, affect intelligence, and even lead to otitis media. Early surgery or iontophoresis treatment should be considered. For children who develop this condition after the age of 4 or 5 but have mild symptoms, it may be advisable to wait and see if the adenoids shrink on their own by around 10 years old.