What Is Tonsil Hypertrophy?
The palatine tonsil is known as the tonsil, which is located inside the triangular tonsil fossa formed by the palatopharyngeal arch and the palatopharyngeal arch on both sides of the oropharynx. Tonsillary hypertrophy is more common in children and adolescents.
- Chinese name
- Tonsil hypertrophy
- Foreign name
- Tonsillar hypertrophy
- Pathogenic bacteria
- Hemolytic streptococcus, staphylococcus
- which performed
- Morbid increase in tonsil volume in the oral cavity
- The palatine tonsil is known as the tonsil, which is located inside the triangular tonsil fossa formed by the palatopharyngeal arch and the palatopharyngeal arch on both sides of the oropharynx. Tonsillary hypertrophy is more common in children and adolescents.
Etiology and common diseases of tonsil hypertrophy
- With the increase of age, children's tonsil immune function is gradually active, especially at the age of 3 to 5, due to increased exposure to external allergens, tonsil significantly increased, tonsil hypertrophy at this time should be regarded as a normal physiological phenomenon. However, excessive tonsil hypertrophy will lead to respiratory obstruction in children, and even severe hypoxemia will occur. Long-term hypoxemia will obviously affect the physical and mental development of children.
Differential diagnosis of tonsil hypertrophy
- The tonsil hypertrophy lacks the typical clinical symptoms. The main clinical manifestations are: pharyngeal foreign body sensation, dry throat, sore throat, pronunciation changes, snoring, poor swallowing, and poor breathing. However, the diagnosis of this disease is not difficult, as long as routine indirect laryngoscopy or fiber laryngoscopy can be found, attention should be paid to the benign and malignant tumor at the root of the tongue, ectopic thyroid, and dermatoid cysts.
Treatment principles of tonsil hypertrophy
- The most commonly used traditional surgical methods of tonsillectomy in children include tonsillectomy and squeezing. Intraoperative bleeding and postoperative pain are still the main problems in these surgical methods.