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Can Adenoids Cause Eye Pain?
My 3 year old daughter is having her adenoids and tonsil out tomorrow morning. She snores terribly loud, chokes, stops breathing fitful sleep, up all night, hyperactive, eats soft foods, etc.. Her tonsils have been enlarged since January and her sleep study showed sleep apnea where she stops breathing 22 X's per hour, oxygen drops to 85% and her BMI is 2%. Lately, she has been complaining that her eye hurts when she wakes up at night...Is this possibly related to the adenoids?
Mon, 18 Dec 2017
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Adenotonsillar enlargement is commonly seen in pediatric age group.Majority of patients are asymptomatic with these enlargement.Symptoms can arise as a result of infections/viral flu in the form of nasal block,painful swallowing commonly.Adenotonsils causing obstructive sleep apnoea is of concern as interuption of sleep can lead to dfecreased growth hormone surges and can thus affect growth of child.Eye symptoms have not been mentioned in adenotonsillar enlargement,Please consult eye specialist to look into the matter.
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Adenotonsillar enlargement is commonly seen in pediatric age group.Majority of patients are asymptomatic with these enlargement.Symptoms can arise as a result of infections/viral flu in the form of nasal block,painful swallowing commonly.Adenotonsils causing obstructive sleep apnoea is of concern as interuption of sleep can lead to dfecreased growth hormone surges and can thus affect growth of child.Eye symptoms have not been mentioned in adenotonsillar enlargement,Please consult eye specialist to look into the matter.
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