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Suggest Treatment For Frequent Ear And Chest Infection In A Child

Hi doctor, My daughter is 3 years old and from last 1 year she started going to day care. After she started going to day care, with in 2 months, she develeoped mnumonia and from that month on wards every month, she is falling sick once with Upper Respiratory infection, ear infection, viral fever. and from past 2 months, she started breathing through her mouth while sleeping than with Nose, We took her to ENt specialist and found taht she had adenoids. She is almost falling sick every month. Is this because of Adenoids. If so, what can be done for her condition. We really want to avoid surgury if we can and really wanted to know if there are any medications to treat her condition
Thu, 30 Mar 2017
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adenoids are a rectangular mass of lymphatic tissue in the posterior nasopharynx. They are largest in children age 2 to 6 yr. Enlargement may be physiologic or secondary to viral or bacterial infection(prone in multiple children at a child care center), allergy, irritants, and, , gastroesophageal reflux , otitis media, sinusitis.
inderlying allergy is treated with intranasal corticosteroids (momentasone), and underlying bacterial infection is treated with antibiotics.
Surgery is recommended for younger children with recurrent epistaxis or significant nasal obstruction ( sleep disturbance, voice change) or persistent middle ear effusions or frequent otitis media.
take a trial of momentasone and antibiotic if no improvement u go for surgery as baby was mouth breather and recurrent chest infection.
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Suggest Treatment For Frequent Ear And Chest Infection In A Child

adenoids are a rectangular mass of lymphatic tissue in the posterior nasopharynx. They are largest in children age 2 to 6 yr. Enlargement may be physiologic or secondary to viral or bacterial infection(prone in multiple children at a child care center), allergy, irritants, and, , gastroesophageal reflux , otitis media, sinusitis. inderlying allergy is treated with intranasal corticosteroids (momentasone), and underlying bacterial infection is treated with antibiotics. Surgery is recommended for younger children with recurrent epistaxis or significant nasal obstruction ( sleep disturbance, voice change) or persistent middle ear effusions or frequent otitis media. take a trial of momentasone and antibiotic if no improvement u go for surgery as baby was mouth breather and recurrent chest infection.