2006-12-30 07:36:17 · 5 answers · asked by theweedmasteruk 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
They are unnecessary. My children have had them removed
2006-12-30 07:38:11 · answer #1 · answered by Scotty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Are Adenoids?
The adenoids are lumpy clusters of spongy tissue that help protect kids from getting sick. They sit high on each side of the throat behind the nose and the roof of the mouth. Although you can easily see your tonsils by standing in front of a mirror and opening your mouth wide, you can't see your adenoids this way. A doctor has to use a small mirror or a special scope to get a peek at your adenoids.
Like tonsils, adenoids help keep your body healthy by trapping harmful bacteria and viruses that you breathe in or swallow. Adenoids also contain cells that make antibodies to help your body fight infections. Adenoids do important work as infection fighters for babies and little kids. But they become less important once a kid gets older and the body develops other ways to fight germs.
Some doctors believe that adenoids may not be important at all after kids reach their third birthday. In fact, adenoids usually shrink after about age 5, and by the teenage years they often practically disappear.
2006-12-30 07:44:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The adenoids are soft mounds of tissue that are part of the body's immune system for fighting germs and infection. They are found at the back of the throat, behind the nose and above the tonsils.
Along with the tonsils, the adenoids trap bacteria and germs that you breathe in. They stop doing this in early childhood, and by the age of four the adenoids are of no more use. The adenoids grow smaller and smaller over time, eventually disappearing in adulthood.
2006-12-30 07:39:08 · answer #3 · answered by fozz89 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are four areas of tissue at the back of the throat that are concerned with the development of defences against infection in early infancy. These are the right and left tonsils, the base of the tongue and the adenoids.
The adenoids are located above the tonsils, at the back of the nose. They get larger between birth and four years of age and then become progressively smaller. By adulthood they have disappeared altogether.
2006-12-30 21:40:51 · answer #4 · answered by carol p 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-30 07:37:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋