My hayfever is really bad now I no longer have my tonsils. My daughter is having severe bouts of tonsillitis and I am afraid that the removal of her tonsils will encourage her to have hayfever. I find hayfever worse than tonsillitis. Is there a connection? My doctor hasn't heard of it but someone told me this as a fact.
2006-07-29 22:40:07 · 16 answers · asked by True Blue Brit 7 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
I'm assuming that tonsils act as a guard in the throat - that is, they remove particles that could cause allergies, even though they are infected. I'm assuming that the removal of tonsils means that they no longer can operate and thus expose the body to pollens, which make their way into the body, causing an allergic reaction. I have read this, but it seems to be one of those whaky ideas. BTW you get hayfever because you have an over efficient immune system, not because it isn't working properly.
2006-07-29 23:30:00 · update #1
The tonsils are part of the lymphatic system, which consists of more than 300 lymph nodes in the head and neck to fight off invaders and move extracellular fluid around. They are not part of hayfever and no connection between tonsillectomy and increased illness has been made in a long history of global scientific literature investigating such things.
It is possible, however, for a person with hayfever to worsen after tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy because the adenoids can cause nasal obstruction. Once removed, a person may be more prone to nose breathing, thus introducing more allergens into the very sensitive nasal cavity. So, a possible mechanism for the PERCEPTION of worsened hayfever from tonsillectomy may exist, but hayfever is from an OVERACTIVE immune system in the mast cells (they live in skin, not the tonsils). This can be stabilized using medications, reducing allergen load, and frequent saline nasal irrigation (or any combination thereof).
2006-07-30 21:07:37 · answer #1 · answered by CaliDoc 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
hayfever Seasonal allergic rhinitis, also called pollinosis, hay fever or nasal allergies, and often also written together as hayfever, is a collection of symptoms, predominantly in the nose and eyes, that occur after exposure to airborne particles of dust, dander, or the pollens of specific seasonal plants in people who are allergic to these substances.
Cetirizin or Loratadin Tablettes and there are also in form of nosespray and eye drops for local application.
When these symptoms are caused by pollens, the allergic rhinitis is commonly known as "hay fever", after the fact it is most prevalent during haying season.
Tonsilitis is caused by fungi or bacterial infection.
If you got hayfever, your immune system is weak, that means that defensive mechanism is not working well. Then you have not enough mechanisn against any infection.
Take some products that upheave your immune system like echinaceae or umckaloabo in form of tincture to be taken internally.
2006-07-29 22:59:15 · answer #2 · answered by stroby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't think so. I had my tonsils out as a child but never suffered from hayfever. Got a friend who has tonsils but suffers all summer with hayfever.
2006-07-30 00:32:17 · answer #3 · answered by M L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eli Jones, an alternative doctor, having a rare record of curing more than 4200 cases of cancer during 1880-1910 has published a book on cancer cure. He remarks in the same book: any surgical action is a traumatic shock to central nervous system. Our system quickly tries to repair the surgical wounds and heal scars is the basic principle on which surgery thrives. But more importnatly, the trauma leaves a big wound in our immune system. Just as a lost child is trauma to mother, even if it is animal mother, so unecessary surgery is trauma. and immune system may go out-of-whack, causing sometimes responses such as fever.
Many children out of shock, fear get fever, diarrhea, allergic reactions. Sweating, itching are reactions sometimes faced by elders too.
So nothing surprising if you get hayfever after tonsillectomy.
2006-07-29 22:53:09 · answer #4 · answered by shirishbhate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've had hayfever since I was a little kid and I also have my tonsils intact so there goes that theory.
2006-07-29 22:45:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No tonsils at this end & no problems with hayfever!
Although I have been told that keeping an elephant in your fridge helps keep tigers away ....... I have an elephant in my fridge and have neven been attacked my a tiger - possible link!
2006-07-29 22:50:34 · answer #6 · answered by nickthesurfer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No there is no connection. Hay fever is an allergy. If there was a connection your doctor would be almost certain to have heard of it. I think in your case it must have been coincidence and the fact that the pollen count is getting higher due to the weather conditions.
2006-07-29 22:47:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't think there is a link, however for my hayfever remedy put a small drop of vaseline inside both nostrils, this will capture most pollen before it affects you and your daughter.
Hope this has helped.
Theluckyhedgehog
2006-07-29 22:58:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had the same problem what your going through i had my tonsils out and now i have bad hayfever
2006-07-29 22:47:08 · answer #9 · answered by dava 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
interesting question, i hadn't made the connection but my daughter fairly recently had her tonsils out as an adult and this is the first year i have heard her mention hay fever
2006-07-29 22:49:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋