Should I get my adenoids removed?

Question

I have a lot of breathing issues, interrupted sleep, and a dry throat and drippy nose, both of which come and go. I don't know for a fact that all of these symptoms are linked to enlarged adenoids (well actually, I'm only unsure about the sleep, because the doctor told me that the other symptoms were a result of the adenoids), but I do know that my adenoids are pretty large. It's not as bad as when I was a kid, but I honestly can't remember the last time I was able to breathe comfortably through my nose like a normal person. I mean, I'm used to it, but it's still annoying. I'm also wondering about the risks of the surgery. And I wonder if my case is even that severe, since the doctor never told me that I could get them surgically removed. I just happened to find out on the internet. Am I just being a baby about this? =/

Answer 1

no no you are not being a baby at all

i had my adenoids removed last november and this is what happened to me

well i went to the doctor because i couldn't breathe through my nose properly and i had a really sore throat and it felt like there was something stuck in there.

turns out there wasn't, it was my adenoids! That was totally unexpected. Apparantly your adenoids are supposed to shrink to the size of a pin head by the time you're 5 but mine were the size of a ten cent piece!!

He gave me some tablets to take each day to try and make them shrink and when i went back they hadn't worked so suggested that surgery was the only option.

I freaked out but he reassured me that it was going to be okay. In and out of hospital in a day, a 1 hour procedure, and everything will be sweet as.

And the operation was fine!

i Just went in hospital in the morning, got to lay on a bed at watch tv for 2 hours, went in the theatre, they knocked me out by happy gas and an hour later my mum was feeding me a lemonade ice block! yay

i was fine as soon as i got up, i even walked over to the other bed!

i spent the next two hours in the hospital in pain, but it was bearable. my nose was fine, it didn't hurt one bit, my throat was just killing me because they had to enter throgh the throat and it was bleeding a little.

it hurt to talk and swallow but that all passed within 3 days.

i went home.

had the next two days off school and now i'm all good again!

i can breathe hallelugiah!

trust me it is so worth it it feels so much better

don't worry just go to your doctor

the follow up appointment was looing all good and i don't have to go back there ever again.

It's just for 4 weeks after the operaton i had to spray my nose with sailine (salt water) and i could do everything normally!

get back to me

hope this helped

Answer 2

Sounds more like a sinus problem than a throat/adenoid one. Possibly post-nasal drip caused by allergy.

Adenoids are part of the lymphatic system which is a major immune system defense network. The throat is near the portal of entry to the body by many pathogens. That's why we have important lymph nodes like the adenoids. If they are removed any invading infection can go further into the body. Removal is a very last option.

Take fenugreek, garlic, horseradish and vitamin C.

Echinacea is a top infection fighter and now scientifically proven immune booster.