Comments on: Tonsil removal in a three and a half year old? http://tonsilstonesquiz.com/tonsil-removal-in-a-three-and-a-half-year-old.htm Tonsil Stones Symptoms, Treatments & Removal Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:02:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: norton g http://tonsilstonesquiz.com/tonsil-removal-in-a-three-and-a-half-year-old.htm/comment-page-1#comment-730 norton g Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:17:30 +0000 http://tonsilstonesquiz.com/tonsil-removal-in-a-three-and-a-half-year-old.htm#comment-730 angee- Try to relax and read on. Tonsils are mainly large lymph glands or lymph nodes in back of the mouth. They swell with any infection. Left alone they get smaller with the years as time passes. Though they may touch in the middle of the throat when you look, they immediately part to allow food and drink through. The main reason to remove tonsils is for repeated infections of the throat which do not respond to antibiotics. The tonsils are valuable parts of the body as they lend protection by filtering out bacteria or viruses that enter into the oral cavity. Be patient. Try not to look at the size of his tonsils even though you are a very concerned and good mom. angee- Try to relax and read on. Tonsils are mainly large lymph glands or lymph nodes in back of the mouth. They swell with any infection. Left alone they get smaller with the years as time passes. Though they may touch in the middle of the throat when you look, they immediately part to allow food and drink through. The main reason to remove tonsils is for repeated infections of the throat which do not respond to antibiotics. The tonsils are valuable parts of the body as they lend protection by filtering out bacteria or viruses that enter into the oral cavity. Be patient. Try not to look at the size of his tonsils even though you are a very concerned and good mom.

]]> By: bogey http://tonsilstonesquiz.com/tonsil-removal-in-a-three-and-a-half-year-old.htm/comment-page-1#comment-731 bogey Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:17:30 +0000 http://tonsilstonesquiz.com/tonsil-removal-in-a-three-and-a-half-year-old.htm#comment-731 well the doctors remove probably hundreds of tonsils a day its a very simple and easy procedure if he does need them taken out i would keep an eye on them for sure of course i would seriously consider having them removed if he has had trouble this early with them my mom didn't let me get mine taken out when i was little the doctor said i needed them out and she said no so when i was 25 i decided to get the tonsillectomy done i am breathing alot better and dont have as many respatory problems like when the weather turns cold i used to lose my voice for a week but now the cold weather doesn't bother me if you want to wait a year or so that may be ok if you do get it done be sure to have plenty of freezie pops on hand for after or frozen sherbert because he will be in pain for a week or so but after you will see the difference in how much he feels better good luck friend take good care of your son and the doctors do that procedure everyday so its like riding a bike for them so no worries about that well the doctors remove probably hundreds of tonsils a day

its a very simple and easy procedure if he does need them taken out
i would keep an eye on them for sure of course i would seriously consider having them removed if he has had trouble this early with them

my mom didn’t let me get mine taken out when i was little the doctor said i needed them out and she said no

so when i was 25 i decided to get the tonsillectomy done

i am breathing alot better and dont have as many respatory problems
like when the weather turns cold i used to lose my voice for a week but now the cold weather doesn’t bother me

if you want to wait a year or so that may be ok

if you do get it done be sure to have plenty of freezie pops on hand for after or frozen sherbert because he will be in pain for a week or so
but after you will see the difference in how much he feels better

good luck friend take good care of your son and the doctors do that procedure everyday so its like riding a bike for them so no worries about that

]]> By: Starfall http://tonsilstonesquiz.com/tonsil-removal-in-a-three-and-a-half-year-old.htm/comment-page-1#comment-732 Starfall Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:17:30 +0000 http://tonsilstonesquiz.com/tonsil-removal-in-a-three-and-a-half-year-old.htm#comment-732 Thankfully, my kids have avoided this up to this point. If the tonsils are almost touching, I'd be worried about them interfering with his breathing, especially now if he would get an infection of some kind. Like the other poster said, the doctors who do these operations do them every day, and they are pretty routine in children--it's when you wait till they're older that the problems happen. Just had a friend in his 30's have his tonsils out, and it took almost a month for him to get back on his feet, versus a child at church (I think he was 4 or 5) who only took about a week or so to bounce back. Thankfully, my kids have avoided this up to this point. If the tonsils are almost touching, I’d be worried about them interfering with his breathing, especially now if he would get an infection of some kind. Like the other poster said, the doctors who do these operations do them every day, and they are pretty routine in children–it’s when you wait till they’re older that the problems happen. Just had a friend in his 30’s have his tonsils out, and it took almost a month for him to get back on his feet, versus a child at church (I think he was 4 or 5) who only took about a week or so to bounce back.

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