Adenoids are lymph tissue present at the back of the nose. They help fight germs, however if infected, they get swollen and ...

If a child has difficulty breathing, hearing issues, or shows delays in studies and growth, enlarged adenoids could be a ...

Adenoids and tonsils are often talked about together. But while they both work to help your body stay healthy, your adenoids and tonsils are actually separate things. So, just what are adenoids? What ...

Chad Keller, DO, is an otolaryngologist (more commonly referred to as ENT or ear, nose and throat doctor) at Adena Regional Medical Center. He grew up in nearby Hocking Hills and went to college, ...

Cough, cold, and upper respiratory infections tend to increase during the fall and winter months. Many of those infections are viral, and some are primarily or secondarily bacterial. In children, the ...

The tonsils and adenoids are an important part of the immune system for the first few years of a child’s life. Both are round lumps of tissue, similar to lymph nodes, and provide a similar role for ...

In a new study, researchers challenge the established medical consensus that adenoids and tonsils shrink significantly during the teenage years. In the most thorough longitudinal study performed to ...

Tokyo, Japan - In the most thorough longitudinal study performed to date, X-ray images of children at five developmental stages between the ages of eight and nineteen were carefully measured (Fig. 1 A ...