ENLARGED ADENOIDS AND HOMEOPATHY
January 29, 2008
Treating enlarged adenoids with homeopathy
Enlarged adenoids and tonsils are a concern in young children as they can be a major source of recurrent infections like sore throat, middle ear infections and sinusitis. This can majorly affect the health and growth of small children in more than one way. Homeopathy offers a very safe and effective way to cure enlarged adenoids and tonsils and can save the little ones from the surgeon’s knife. Homeopathic philosophy has always stood by the view that whenever possible the tonsils and adenoids should be saved as they are an important defense tissue of our body and provide the children with the much required Immunity
Adenoids and tonsils are a collection of lymphoid tissue (defense tissue) whose main function is to produce defense cells and fight infections like bacteria and virus. Like tonsils, adenoids help the body by trapping harmful bacteria and viruses that one breathes in or swallows. They are located (tonsils) on the both the side of the throat and (adenoids) higher up where the nose and the throat meet (also called as nasopharynx).Although tonsils are visible when the mouth is wide open, adenoids cannot be seen like this. Both the adenoids and the tonsils get enlarged when they get infected with bacteria. Mostly they return back to their original size once the infection is over, however in some cases they tend to remain enlarged when infections are frequent or chronic.
Although some amount of enlargement is considered normal in preschool kids but when grossly enlarged, tonsils and adenoids can cause lot of complications. The most common complications are frequent sore throats, chronic ear infections, nose bleed and hearing loss due to obstruction of the Eustachian tube and accumulation of fluid in middle ear. Enlarged adenoids give a typical ‘pinched nose’ quality to the voice. They can also affect the shape of the child’s palate and the teeth. Major fallout of the enlarged adenoids is that the child may have difficulty in breathing during sleep leading to a condition called as Obstructive Sleep Apnea. This is condition in which along with snoring the child goes through brief periods of pauses in breathing during sleep. This can lead to low oxygen levels with daytime sleepiness.
Enlarged adenoids can be easily identified with careful observation. They usually lead to difficulty in breathing, which may eventually become difficult through nose and also become noisy. Children often become mouth-breathers .The voice quality also changes to become ‘pinched nose type’. Snoring during sleep is very important clue for identifying enlarged adenoids in kids. Sleep should be carefully observed for brief pauses in breathing.
Homeopathic medicines can be a great boon for the kids with these enlarged adenoids and tonsils as not only do they cure the enlargements, they also enhance the body’s resistance to fight the recurrent infections. Among the Homeopathic medicines, Agraphis Nutans is a very important medicine in homeopathy for treating adenoids. It is more indicated in cases where enlarged adenoids and tonsils are leading to a hearing loss in the child.. The treatment of enlarged tonsils with homeopathy has two stages. Acute inflammation needs to be treated with a different set of medicines and its enlargement to be treated once the acute stage is over. Deep-acting medicines are often required to treat the constitution of the child and bring about lasting relief.
My daughter’s tonsils and adenoids are enlarged but rarely get infected. But the enlargement is chronic. clean tongue, eats well, doesn’t get to play much ( not much of running around), very intelligent and all the growth milestones normal. She breaths noisily at night while lying down. Heat of the bed aggravates, would always like to put feet out of blanket and kick the blanket, fat assimilation especially from milk products is poor. Less thristy. No hearing or smelling or seeing difficulties.
All the above symptoms ameliorate or disappear once we go over to chennai from Bangalore.
What could be medicine tried. while sleeping her feet get cold but head hot and stomach either just warm or never warm up.
Agraphis 30 helps temporarily.
Thanks
Garcot
My 3 year old son have following problems related to his breathing :
1) While in sleep mostly he breaths with open mouth & snoring.
He is not gaining any weight since last 1 year it is constant 10.5 Kgs. Height growth is there but very little.
2) He is having very disturbed sleep as he is very frequently waking up and start sleeping in sitting stage.
3) While in sleep sometimes he stop breathing for few seconds and suddenly breath with very loud & lengthy snoring sound.
4) In winter he never want him to be covered with Quilt or blanket everytime we try to cover up he throws it..
5) Slight breathing sound can be hear while he awake and play.
6) He is getting attack of cold/cough & high fever very often. Almost 6-8 times a year
7) Last month he complained about headache with fever twice within a period of 15 days.
9) He is eating all type of foods but not willingly , when we force and be behind him to eat. He always deny taking milk but usually he consume 300 - 500 ml. a day. Also he drinks a lot of water while eating.
10) He sweats a lot.
Other wise his all physical & mental activity is very normal. His do not have any problem with his hearing , seeing or understanding the things.
Please let us know what kind of diseas he have and what is the treatment for it.
What kind of medicine with doases can be tried . Kindly adiise. thanks.
my son was diagonised with enlarge adenoids and tonsilis
last year . he is 5+.
1) he snores and keeps his mouth open during sleep
2) he always gets sores in his mouth due to which he avoids
eating food at that time .
3) i am using homeo medicines from the last 2 months .
4) how long i have to use this medicines?
5)His doctor always recommends us for surgery but till now
we r avoiding it , are we right in doing so ?
6) he often make sound with his teeth during sleep. sometimes less
and sometimes very much , why is it so ??
apart from this he is very active and good at studies .
he has no other problem .
please answer my questions and advise me regarding his eating habits , as to what food is good for him , thanks
My 3 years son is normally a sensitive and intelligent child. He is hyperactive but is not able to put his consideration on one thing. From the beginning his appetite is not good. He is physically very weak, his weight now 13 KG only. We are living in Dubai.
From April 2007 he is suffering from cold and flu problem frequently (at least once in two month initially). After few months he started getting ill in a shorter period, in beginning of October 2007 he got chest infection and he was treated by antibiotic and he got well. On December 20, 2007 he got bacterial pneumonia and was hospitalized and treated for 11 days. After discharge one month went well but from February onwards we discover that he is facing problem in breathing during sleep time and breathing from mouth and snores much. Initially we thought that his blocked nose is due to flu and bad weather but this condition is persisting till date. We have concerned this with ENT specialist and they found through X ray report that it’s due to enlarged adenoid glands in the nose. They have suggested that it should be removed through operation. Later on we have consulted with his regular pediatrician and he insisted that we should go for operation immediately as his adenoids are enlarged and not moderate. Otherwise it will effect on his health. Please let us know , if Homepathy has treatment for this problem , how long time will take to cure.
Vishal Maggon on March 18, 2008 3:30. My 4 year old son have following problems related to his breathing :
1) While in sleep mostly he breaths with open mouth & snoring.
He sweats a lot.
2) While in sleep sometimes he stop breathing for few seconds and suddenly breath with very loud & lengthy snoring sound.
3) In winter he never want him to be covered with Quilt or blanket everytime we try to cover up he throws it..
4) Slight breathing sound can be hear while he awake and play.
5) He is getting attack of cold/cough & high fever very often. Almost 6-8 times a year
6) Last month he complained about headache with fever twice within a period of 15 days.
He is not gaining any weight since last 1 year it is constant 15 Kgs. Height growth is there but very little.
7) He is eating all type of foods but not willingly , when we force and be behind him to eat. He always deny taking milk but usually he consume 300 - 500 ml. a day. Also he drinks a lot of water while eating.
Other wise his all physical & mental activity is very normal. He do not have any problem with his hearing , seeing or understanding the things.
Please let us know what kind of diseas he have and what is the treatment for it.
What kind of medicine with doases can be tried . Kindly advise. thanks.
My 6 year old son have following problems related to his breathing :
1) While in sleep mostly he breaths with open mouth & snoring.
2) He is having very disturbed sleep as he is very frequently waking up and start sleeping in sitting stage.
3) While in sleep sometimes he stop breathing for few seconds and suddenly breath with very loud & lengthy snoring sound.
4) In winter he never want him to be covered with Quilt or blanket everytime we try to cover up he throws it..
5) Slight breathing sound can be hear while he awake and play.
6) He is getting attack of cold/cough & high fever very often. Almost 6-8 times a year
7) Last month he complained about headache with fever twice within a period of 15 days.
He is not gaining any weight since last 1 year it is constant 10.5 Kgs. Height growth is there but very little.
9) He is eating all type of foods but not willingly , when we force and be behind him to eat. He always deny taking milk but usually he consume 300 - 500 ml. a day. Also he drinks a lot of water while eating.
10) He sweats a lot.
Other wise his all physical & mental activity is very normal. His do not have any problem with his hearing , seeing or understanding the things.
Please let us know what kind of diseas he have and what is the treatment for it.
What kind of medicine with doases can be tried . Kindly adiise. thanks.
india,punjab
My daughter is suffering from large adenoids and tonsilities. She is 12 years old. Since from birth I tried lots of homeopathy medicines. I did continuous 2 years homeopathy medicine. and I tried bryta carb for one year continuously. when she was taking medicines her cold frequency was low. but for last four years i am not doing any medicines. But her adenoids and tonislites sizes have not decreased. she is having breathing problem. she breaths through her mouth. while sleeping also she keeps hermouth open. and snores. She is not so intelligent in her studies also. and she does not like to mix up with anyone. she is not active also.