Alternative treatments for adenoid vegetations
AUTHORS : Kartashova N.V. | Petritskaya E.N. | Abaeva L.F. | Tikhonov I.S.
RELEVANT UNIVERSITIES : MONIKI named after M.F. Vladimirsky, Moscow, Russia
YEAR : 2008
Adenoids are pathological growth (hyperplasia of connective and lymphoid tissue) of the pharyngeal tonsil. May occur in isolation or in combination with enlarged palatine tonsils. The pharyngeal tonsil is well developed in childhood; From about 12 years old, it decreases, and in adults it often completely atrophies. Adenoids are more often observed in children 3–10 years old, but can occur in the
first years of life, and after puberty. The development of adenoids is promoted by childhood infectious diseases, often recurring viral and microbial inflammatory diseases of the upper respiratory tract, immunodeficiency states, a tendency to
allergies, the role of a hereditary factor is not excluded.