We often hear about the thyroid disease, whether of stories mothers, coworkers, relatives, or others. He said, if the child often drink iced, chocolate, and so on, will be the tonsils illness. If it were so, the child is usually so stupid, would not eat, often fever, often painful swallowing. He said again, to recover should be operated. If the tonsils are too big and not surgery, will interfere with child development. In addition to lowered intelligence, complications can also arise not light, even transmit the disease to others. Responses also varied when the parents suspected her tonsils illness. There is no trivial matter and consider, some are outright panic. Actually, what the hell, tonsil disease? Is it true that this disease can make a child so stupid? How did the workarounds? Let's look together!
Know the types of germs
Tonsils or in terms of medical science called tonsils are part of the organ oval like meatballs, attached to the wall either side of the throat. So, in the throat there are two tonsils. If the child was asked to open her mouth wide, we can see that the tonsils in the throat. Actually there is no one else who called adenoid tonsils, located at the back of the nasal cavity. Of course we can not see it directly because it was hidden. Each child must have a tonsillectomy because it is required by the body. Because the tonsils are part of the immune system that make up the human body (immune system). In newborns, she was still very weak immunity, because immunity inherited his mother very little. Until, to his defense, the baby should establish its own immune adapted to the types of diseases that exist in the surrounding environment. Usually most of the diseases that will attack humans transmitted through breathing air or food. Well, both breathing air and food that enters the human body, they must pass the throat, where it is located tonsils. This is where thyroid function as radar or sensors to identify the type of bacteria that enters the body with air or food. The next body will make immunity according to the information given by the tonsils, called immuno-globulin. Perhaps Ladies and gentlemen never heard the term IgA (immuno-globulin A), IgG, IgM. That's the immune system that is formed by the body of the child to deal with the disease will attack him. So, when a child, tonsillectomy is needed to work harder. No wonder that will look great tonsils.
Decreased intelligence
The problem is, if the tonsils are too large (hypertrophic) because then it's a disease. Therefore, the tonsils are too large will deter food and air through the throat. In fact, the food is reasonably necessary for the child's growth and organ, while the brain also needs sufficient oxygen from breathing air for metabolic purposes. Tonsils that block the way the food will show symptoms of trouble eating in children. If forced, he vomited. Surely, if the child is difficult to eat, his growth will be stunted. Until, when compared to other children his age, will look smaller. While the tonsils that block the airway, snoring symptoms in children during sleep. Even severe, the child suddenly woke up and stuttered when deep sleep due to difficulty breathing. This happens because when deep sleep, the throat muscles become very relaxed until tonsils are too big it will shut down the throat in total. As a result, the airway was closed. Well, in addition to the closing of the airway causing these symptoms, also causes lack of oxygen children. As a result, the body and the brain tissue can not function optimally. That's because, boy tonsils are too large will look lethargic, limp, less afktif, and sleepy. Power would be disturbed because he thought his brain can not function optimally, to wit may decline.
A nest infection
In addition to the overly large tonsils, the tonsils can also become a hotbed of infection or in medical science called focal infection. When viewed with a microscope, the tonsils are many pockets called kripte. Kripte is covered by a thick skin. Well, the air-borne illness or food can enter and nest there to be a nest of infection. Thus, if the body is weak-entity-perhaps due to fatigue, eating ice cubes or other food-stimulated, nest in tonsil infection will spread to the surrounding bacteria, until there was an acute infection. Child be fever, sore throat, cough, and would not eat. This will always happen repeatedly despite diligent medical treatment to the doctor. Why? Due to illness there is a nest in the tonsils.
Operating at its best
To tonsils are enlarged, until now there has been no drug that can shrink it. Similarly, the tonsils become nests of infection, antibiotics can not eradicate. Antibiotics, right, usually drunk, and then circulate throughout the body, and then up to the tonsils. Well, in the tonsils, antibiotics can not penetrate the thick skin kripte to nest inside the infection can not be eradicated. Thus, it can be concluded is the best way operation. Once surgery tonsils will not grow anymore. Thus, there was no barrier to the airway and food. A nest infection was eradicated. Surgery is usually performed when the disease quiet. If you are still in a state of acute infection, the doctor will treat it first with antibiotics until the disease is quiet. Tonsillectomy is simple. Child will be anesthetized and tonsils taken by way of exfoliated (dissection), without any incision with a knife. The time required for any operation shortly, approximately 20-30 minutes. Healing is usually too fast, in children less than 3-7 days, 7-14 days in adults.
Not affect the immune
Although tonsillectomy is very necessary for the body, but it will not affect the child's immune if thyroid surgery. So, it does not mean after tonsils removed, the child then do not have immunity anymore. Because, when the newborn (whose immune system is low), the tonsils with other body systems actively working to form immune. Little by little until finally reaching normal levels at approximately 3 years of age, and at the age of approximately 5 years the levels have been above normal. As the levels of immunity have enough, after the age of 5 years tonsil function gradually decreases and eventually it is no longer needed. This is evident from the observation continued, after children aged 8 years, if the thyroid is not problematic, it will slowly shrink tonsils. Until, at the age of approximately 17 years, the tonsils often hard to see because it was so small anymore. But when the thyroid problem, then
tonsils will not disappear even into adulthood. Research conducted in children tonsil surgery at the age of 5 years or more also showed her immune levels never decreased to below normal. That is, tonsillectomy performed in children aged 5 years or more is safe and will not affect immunity.
Can be transmitted
So, ladies and gentlemen, if the tonsils do not have problems, will shrink its own without the need for surgery. But if problematic, as already described above, will inhibit the airway and food because tonsils are too big. Up, if not surgery, will be greater disadvantages than benefits. Not to mention if complications arise such as an abscess on the tonsils or throat (tonsils / fairy tonsiler abscess), deaf (otitis media), sinusitis, bronchitis, and so on. Can even attack the vital organs of the body, namely the heart (rheumatic heart disease) and kidney (glomerulo nephritis akuta). Additionally, tonsil infection with infectious nest in children to a friend or close relative. Spread occurs through breathing air. So, if the patient is left tonsil is not treated properly, could be transmitted to other family members, such as brother or sister. In other words, if the tonsil problem and surgery, would be far more beneficial for optimal child development. As well as his family members would not be infected with the disease.
Adenoid cause deafness
On adenoid, problems that are often encountered growing size also too big to clog the airway through the nose. As a result, the child was breathing through the mouth. If it lasts a long time will affect the growth of the face and jaw. "The ceiling grew more concave upward, the upper jaw teeth going forward, and the mouth is always open to young faces seem like a stupid child. Facial is named as adenoid face." In addition, the enlarged adenoid would also urge eustacheus channels to be blocked. As a result, the liquid will form in the middle ear space and subsequently cause mild deafness. So do not be surprised if the child was called or talked to will not respond. Handling also have to go through surgery. The trick, scraped through the mouth without sliced with a knife. The surgery is often performed along with tonsillectomy.
