introduction: adenotonsillar hypertrophy (ah) is considered the most common cause of upper respiratory tract obstruction among children. it results in a spectrum of symptoms from mouth breathing, nasal obstruction, hyponasal speech, snoring, and obstructive sleep apnea (osa) to growth failure and cardiovascular morbidity. adenotonsillectomy is a typical strategy for patients with ah, but may le...

Introduction. Adenoid hypertrophy (AH) is a common childhood disorder. Adenoid plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of otitis media with effusion (OME). The aim of this study is to critically appraise the tympanometric finding among children with adenoid hypertrophy in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Methodology. A Prospective, controlled study carried out among newly diagnosed cases of adenoid...

conclusions the results of our study indicated that enuresis was a common health problem among children with ah and it is associated with some symptoms of ah such as osa, growth retardation and irritability. using these findings as baseline data, we could determine the appropriate treatment approach for improving the course of the disease as well as the quality of the affected patients’ lives. ...

Introduction . Adenoid hypertrophy (pharyngeal tonsil hypertrophy) is considered as one of the most common diseases ENT organs. Aim To study polymorphism IL-10 gene (interleukin 10) and infections caused by human herpesvirus 6 (HHV6), cytomegalovirus (CMV) Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in children with AH. Materials methods The included 106 adenoid 38 healthy aged 2 to 11 years. All were divided int...

Introduction: Adenotonsillar hypertrophy (AH) is considered the most common cause of upper respiratory tract obstruction among children. It results in a spectrum of symptoms from mouth breathing, nasal obstruction, hyponasal speech, snoring, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to growth failure and cardiovascular morbidity. Adenotonsillectomy is a typical strategy for patients with AH, but may le...

INTRODUCTION Adenotonsillar hypertrophy (AH) is considered the most common cause of upper respiratory tract obstruction among children. It results in a spectrum of symptoms from mouth breathing, nasal obstruction, hyponasal speech, snoring, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to growth failure and cardiovascular morbidity. Adenotonsillectomy is a typical strategy for patients with AH, but may lea...

Adenoid hypertrophy (AH) is a common problem in the paediatric age group causing nasal obstruction, snoring, waking up at night, discharge, mouth breathing and decrease hearing. This causes considerable morbidity children along with various sequalae. The adenoidal nasopharyngeal ratio (ANR) an objective method to assess AH calculated using lateral neck x-ray. study assessed relationship between...

OBJECTIVES The aim of study was to determine the presence of some of the herpesviruses including herpes simplex virus (HSV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and cytomegalovirus (CMV) in adenoid tissues of children with adenoid hypertrophy (AH) and chronic adenoiditis (CA) and to investigate the potential role of the herpesviruses in patogenesis of AH and CA. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 72 patie...

Adenoids are present in posterosuperior wall of nasopharynx. Therefore, they are often not diagnosed by physicians [3]. Adenoid hypertrophy (AH) in adults is usually not seen. However, they have been documented in conditions such as organ transplant recipient, lymphoma and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). AH may lead to blockade of the nasal passage. Therefore, further it may lead to...

BACKGROUND/AIM Adenoid hypertrophy (AH) is chronic enlargement of the adenoid tissue. The pathophysiology of the disease is unclear. We analyzed SCGB1D4 gene polymorphisms in order to determine the effect of the variants or their genetic combinations on AH. MATERIALS AND METHODS We genotyped the SCGB1D4 (IIS) gene in 167 participants (95 children with AH and 72 controls) by performing DNA seq...