It is recommended not to remove it. Tonsils are important. Diseases caused by tonsils such as rheumatic heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis and glomerulonephritis are best treated with surgical removal. Generally, tonsils with chronic inflammation or hypertrophy should be treated as much as possible to control inflammation, reduce size, and retain function. This goal is difficult to achieve with drugs alone. We are now using the treatment method of passing medical microwaves into the tonsillar crypts in outpatient clinics to eliminate the inflammatory lesions and retain the functional substantive parts, which can achieve the appeal goal and is safer and more effective. Economical and less damaging
In outpatient clinics, parents often bring their children to see the doctor, saying that their children's tonsils are often inflamed and require tonsillectomy. So should tonsils be removed? What kind of tonsils need to be removed?
Tonsils, also called tonsils, are located on the left and right sides of the human mouth. They are located in the space on both sides of the oropharynx. They are the largest lymphoid tissue in the pharynx and are an important immune organ for children. After being stimulated by external inflammation, it participates in cellular immunity and humoral immunity. The immunoglobulin produced by tonsils has strong immunity and can deal with various pathogenic microorganisms that invade the body, playing a disease-resistant role. It is called the "health guardian" of the human body.
When the body's resistance is reduced, pathogens (mainly bacteria) will invade the tonsils and cause tonsil inflammation. Children present with sore throat, headache, fever, fatigue, and sore limbs. If tonsillitis recurs frequently, it will become chronic tonsillitis, which can easily lead to secondary systemic infections, such as myocarditis, nephritis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc. The tonsils have become the "culprit" of systemic diseases.
So, what kind of tonsils should be removed? It is generally believed that tonsils in children under 6 years old have important physiological functions, and arbitrary removal will reduce the body's immunity, so surgery is generally not performed. When the tonsils are often inflamed and affect breathing and pronunciation, or when children have frequent tonsil inflammation that significantly affects their physical development; or although the tonsils are not often inflamed, each occurrence is closely related to rheumatoid arthritis, heart disease, and nephritis, and If there are tumors or stones on the tonsils, surgical removal should be considered.
Children's tonsil surgery currently uses the extrusion method. This surgery is very simple and can be performed in an outpatient clinic. It can be completed in a few minutes and is not very painful for the child. However, during the inflammatory stage, surgery is not recommended in order to avoid the spread of inflammation and intraoperative and postoperative bleeding. Surgery is contraindicated when suffering from blood diseases or diseases affecting coagulation function.