? Tonsill removal is highly controversial. Is it better to remove it or leave it in?

Tonsill removal can relieve difficulty breathing and swallowing caused by excessive tonsil hypertrophy, and can avoid myocarditis, nephritis, and benign and malignant tonsil tumors caused by repeated tonsil inflammation.

The main disadvantages are the decline of children's immunity, and the pain, bleeding, dry throat and scar formation after tonsil surgery cause a sense of wound urgency. Tonsill removal surgery can be performed under local anesthesia or general anesthesia. During the local anesthesia removal process, the patient may feel pain during the operation, but the pain after the use of topical anesthesia drugs and local infiltration anesthesia can be tolerated by the patient. of.

Patients under general anesthesia do not feel pain during the operation. They will only feel pain when they are awake after general anesthesia. After postoperative painkillers are used for symptomatic treatment, the pain is tolerable.

Before the age of 15, the tonsils are an important immune organ in the human body, which can help the body resist the invasion of germs. However, starting from the age of 18, the tonsils will also shrink and the immunity will gradually disappear in most people. What replaces it is the human body alarm system, that is, once the human body is infected by germs and bacteria, it will first become inflamed and send a warning to the human body.

Whether tonsils need to be removed should first be decided based on the symptoms of the tonsils.

If the tonsils become inflamed repeatedly, the number of times of inflammation is 4-5 times a year or even higher, which forms chronic tonsillitis. Surgery to remove the tonsils is generally recommended for chronic tonsillitis.

Because the symptoms of chronic tonsillitis are not only manifested in the tonsils, but also cause other complications throughout the body, such as chronic nephritis, arthritis, myocarditis, etc., in this case, tonsils must be removed. .

These complications will occur if the tonsils are not removed. After tonsil removal, many children will have a wider throat, snoring at night, and symptoms of holding their breath will gradually increase.

The main disadvantage of tonsillectomy is postoperative tonsil bleeding, which is quite dangerous. You must pay attention to your children not to talk excessively, and to eat reasonably, lightly, and not to overeat. , overly spicy food.