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Does After Removal Of Tonsils And Adenoids Bring Down The Food Allergies?
my daughter was diagnosed with multiple food allergies when she was 2, she is now 44 mths old and at 3 she had her tonsils and adenoids removed - would this reduce her chance of anaphylactic reaction - her pediatriciam will not let me get her allergy tests redone until shes 5
Mon, 27 Apr 2015
Tonsils and adenoid removal may not affect food allergies. The child may not get tonsillar infection now which may be precipitated by cold drinks, ice creams.So you may get a feeling that the child has decreased food allergies.
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