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Can Uluva Sticking To Tonsils Cause Future Speech Problems?

My grand-daughters uvula is stuck to her tonsils. Is this serious and is it affecting her speech. She is three and a half years of age and is slow at speaking, especially sounds from the back of her throat? What is the solution in correcting this? Thanking you.
Mon, 6 Apr 2015
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Thanks for consulting, it seems her voice sounds a bit different. You should visit ENT who can prescribe a steroid to bring down swelling and antibiotics, as the tonsils on both sides are swollen and inflammatory.May be she has decompensated tonsillitis. After the antibiotic course, the tonsils can be better or remain swollen with little change, so he can diagnosed that it's chronic tonsillitis and they will have to have be surgically removed soon.

If her tonsil seems enlarged, and she has changed voice , then discuss with ENT doctor metods of treatment chronic tonsillitis: antibioticotherapy, cryotherapy or tonsillectomy
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Can Uluva Sticking To Tonsils Cause Future Speech Problems?

Thanks for consulting, it seems her voice sounds a bit different. You should visit ENT who can prescribe a steroid to bring down swelling and antibiotics, as the tonsils on both sides are swollen and inflammatory.May be she has decompensated tonsillitis. After the antibiotic course, the tonsils can be better or remain swollen with little change, so he can diagnosed that it s chronic tonsillitis and they will have to have be surgically removed soon. If her tonsil seems enlarged, and she has changed voice , then discuss with ENT doctor metods of treatment chronic tonsillitis: antibioticotherapy, cryotherapy or tonsillectomy