Is tonsil and adenoid surgery together the right thing to do?
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 at
12:13 am
My son is 5 yrs old and had problems with extremely enlarged tonsils and adenoids.
The tonsils have come for the first time in his entire 5 yrs but the the adenoid problem persists from last two years. He snores during sleep and has a hard time breathing at night sometimes. He also has a problem with choking. The pediatric ENT Advised us today go for the surgery to remove both adenoids and tonsils. Is it better just to get it done together or just go for adenoid surgery right now ? Please advise us.
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I would go for both since you are having problems with both now. Especially with the choking.
absolutely do both now if he is having trouble with both.
An important question in a layperson’s place!
But yes, tonsils and adenoids are removed together.
I think he should get them both out at the same time. That way, he will have less recuperation time than with getting two separate surgeries.