Adenoids are patches of tissue that are present at the back of the nasal passage (on top of the throat). Many parents confuse ...

The investigators randomly assigned half of the children with these issues to have their tonsils and adenoids removed, and the other half to undergo ‘watchful waiting’ over a 12 month period.

Parents often find themselves grappling with the health challenges their children face, particularly those related to the ...

Your child could have pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) -- a blocking of the airways that affects breathing and disrupts sleep. What is pediatric OSA? Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA ...

She was first diagnosed with sleep apnea in 7th grade, at age 12, after having her adenoids removed twice. Her symptoms became more pronounced during her freshman year of college. Matina found ...

The eustachian tube helps regulate pressure in the ear. Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) describes when this tube is unable to equalize pressure. In many cases, ETD may resolve with little or no ...

When Weinberg freshman Savannah Hsu enrolled at Northwestern, she never imagined being sick for the first five months. She ...

The team further observed that the development of lymphoid germinal centres - the specialized microstructures in adenoids ...

Hemolytic streptococci are common in the nasopharynx and nasopharyngeal vegetations. From nasopharyngeal swabs and the surface of the adenoids hemolytic streptococci were recovered in 55%; from the ...

From the fact that the arches are so even and well developed I should say that these people with so large arches are not mouth breathers, and therefore are not suffering from adenoids, enlarged ...