The removal of tonsils of children with recurrent throat infections may not be as effective as thought earlier.
- Enlarged tonsils that cause upper airway obstruction, severe difficulty in swallowing, sleep disorders (like sleep apnoea), or heart / lung complications
- Peritonsillar abscess unresponsive to medical management and surgical drainage, unless surgery is performed during acute stage
- Tonsillitis resulting in febrile convulsions
- and Tonsils requiring a biopsy to define tissue pathology.
- Three or more tonsil infections per year despite adequate medical therapy
- Persistent foul taste or breath due to chronic tonsillitis that is not responsive to medical therapy
- Chronic or recurrent tonsillitis in a streptococcal carrier not responding to beta-lactamase-resistant antibiotics
- and Tonsil hypertrophy on one side that is presumed to be cancerous.
November 2007
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