Adenoids or Tonsillitis or tonsils are part of lymphoid system and made of same types of lymphoid tissues.

Adenoids or Tonsils glands are the pair of patch tissues present behind the uvula on upper part of nasopharynx. Together, they are part of a ring of glandular tissue (Waldeyer’s ring) encircling the back of the throat. The upper surface of adenoids has a thin layer of ciliated epithelial cells covered by a thin film of mucus. On their surfaces are little depressions, called crypts, which may appear deep and contain pus-filled pockets or tonsil stones.

The adenoids are located high in the throat behind the nose and soft palate (the roof of the mouth) and unlike the tonsils, are not easily visible through the mouth.

The cilia are the microscopic hair like projection from epithelial cells those moves constantly in wave like manner to propel the mucus secreted from the mucus layer downward to pharynx.

Adenoids are the part of the body’s immune system and play a major role in fighting infections. When human breathe she/he take lots of bacteria virus, various dusts and foreign bodies with the air. Those are trapped in the epithelial mucus membrane of adenoids and the cilia present in the epithelial tissues throw out them towards the pharynx to swallow.

Adenoids or tonsils normally grow up to 5-7 years of age and thereafter, they start to shrink and disappear around teenage; By that time, the other immune system is mature enough to fight infections.

The most common problems occurring with the tonsils and adenoids are

• Acute,
• Recurrent, or
• Chronic infections and significant enlargement (hypertrophy).

Acute tonsillitis

Acute tonsillitis is an infection of the tonsils caused by one of several possible types of bacteria or viruses. Symptoms of acute tonsillitis can either come on suddenly, or be of a gradual onset of a sore throat usually accompanied by a fever.

Other signs and symptoms of acute tonsillitis include:

• Difficulty swallowing saliva
• Drooling
• Ear pain with swallowing
• Bad breath
• Tonsil surface may be bright red or have a grayish-white coating (exudate).
• Lymph nodes in the neck may be swollen.
• Fever

Strep throat is a specific type of infection caused by the Streptococcus bacteria. Strep tonsillitis can cause secondary damage to the heart valves (rheumatic fever) and kidneys (glomerulonephritis). It can also lead to a skin rash (for example, scarlet fever), sinusitis, pneumonia, and ear infections.

The Epstein-Barr virus causes acute mononucleosis and can lead to a very severe throat infection characterized by the rapid enlargement of the tonsils, adenoids, and lymph nodes of the neck. It also causes extreme malaise and tiredness. The sore throat and gland swelling can last for one week to a month and does not respond to the usually prescribed antibiotics.

Chronic tonsillitis

Chronic tonsillitis is a persistent infection of the tonsils. Repeated infections may cause the formation of small pockets (crypts) in the tonsils, which harbor bacteria. Frequently, small foul-smelling stones develop within these crypts. These stones (tonsilloliths) may contain high quantities of sulfa. When crushed, they give off the characteristic rotten egg smell, which causes bad breath. They may also give a patient the sense of something caught in the back of the throat.

Peritonsillar abscess

A peritonsillar abscess is a collection of pus around the tonsils that pushes one of the tonsils toward the uvula (the prominent soft tissue dangling from the back of the upper throat). It is generally very painful and is associated with decreased ability to open the mouth. If left untreated, the infection can spread deep in the neck causing life-threatening complications and airway obstruction.

Enlargement of (hypertrophic) tonsils and adenoids

Obstruction to breathing by enlarged tonsils and adenoids may cause snoring and disturbed sleep patterns that may lead to sleep pauses or sleep apnea.

Other signs and symptoms include:

• Frequent awakening from sleep
• Restless sleep
• Nightmares
• Bedwetting
• Mood changes
• Excessive sleepiness
• Heart problems

Some orthodontists believe chronic mouth breathing from large tonsils and adenoids causes improper alignment of the teeth (malocclusion).

Chronic enlargement and infection of the adenoids may lead to infection of the air passages around the nose (sinusitis) or nasal drainage/obstruction, and/or may affect the Eustachian tube of the ears, leading to chronic ear infections.

The most prominent symptom of tonsillitis and adenoid infection is

1. Sore throat (pharyngitis).
2. Fever
3. Bad breath
4. Congestion and runny nose
5. Swollen lymph nodes in front of the neck
6. Red, swollen tonsils with patches of pus (white spots)
7. Painful swallowing (odynophagia) or difficulty swallowing (dysphagia)
8. Loss of voice or muffled voice
9. Headache
10. Abdominal pain
11. Coughing up blood
12. With enlarged adenoids, breathing through the nose may be difficult and symptoms may include:
    • Breathing through the mouth, especially in children
    • Noisy breathing in the day; snoring at night is often observed
    • Nasal-sounding voice

When there is a sore throat and cold symptoms such as congestion, runny nose, sneezing, and coughing, the cause is most likely a virus.

Sore throat with a sudden mild fever, without symptoms of an upper respiratory tract infection, may point to a bacterial infection called group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus (GABHS). If these symptoms are present.

An untreated strep bacterial infection can lead to complications including rheumatic fever, which can permanently damage the heart.

When there is a sore throat that does not affect the tonsils, medical professionals call this pharyngitis. When both the throat and the tonsils are affected, it’s called pharyngotonsillitis.

Diagnosis of tonsillitis and adenoid infection based on a medical history and a physical exam.

If symptoms suggest strep throat, a throat culture or rapid strep test, (swabbing the back of the throat and checking for the Streptococcus bacteria). If a physician suspects the Epstein-Barr virus, which can cause mononucleosis, as a cause for the tonsillitis, a blood test for mononucleosis may be done.

Strep throat is more likely if at least three of the following signs or symptoms are present:

• Fever
• White or yellow spots or coating on the throat and/or tonsils (tonsillar exudates)
• Red spots on the roof of the mouth (upper palette)
• Swollen or tender lymph nodes on the neck
• Absence of coughing or sneezing

For viral infection, there is any treatment in allopathy that’s why allopathic doctors leav viral infection as it is (but it migrate deep inside to the other organs and creates more and sever problems and illnesses).

For bacterial infection various antibiotics treat bacterial infections of the tonsils and adenoids. Tonsillitis caused by the Streptococcus bacteria can lead to serious complications. Once treatment begins, it is important to take the full course of antibiotics as prescribed because if you stop taking the drugs before they are finished it can lead to adverse consequences and regrowth of the bacteria. Physicians consider surgical removal in situations resistant to medical therapy or in frequently recurrent tonsillitis infections.

Medical professionals often treat viral causes of tonsillitis or enlarged adenoids with only supportive care (hydration and control of fever) and over-the-counter pain medications. Do not give aspirin to a child or teen unless directed by a doctor due to the risk of a condition called Reye’s syndrome. Antibiotics are not effective for viral infection of the tonsils.

A peritonsillar abscess should be drained either by removal of fluid with a needle and syringe (needle aspiration), cutting open with a scalpel (incision), or tonsillectomy. People can remove chronic stones in the tonsil with a clean finger or with a blunt probe. A long course of antibiotics may treat massive enlargement of the tonsils and adenoids causing airway obstruction, or even a brief course of steroids to reduce inflammation (cortisone-related medications, such as prednisone and prednisolone).

In severe, recurrent tonsillitis or adenoid infection, or in chronic cases, surgery to remove the tonsils or adenoids (tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy) may be recommended to cure the condition.

Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy are indicated in people with repeated or persistent infections, particularly if they interfere with everyday activities (repeated infections in children as seven episodes in 1 year, five episodes in each of 2 years, or three episodes in each of 3 years).

Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy are also warranted in situations where there is an enlargement of the tonsils and adenoids to such an extent that it causes severe sleep problems (snoring and breath holding), sleep apnea, dental abnormalities, and difficulty swallowing.

Adenoid enlargement alone, or in combination with tonsillar enlargement, can cause nasal obstruction, recurrent ear infections, or sinusitis. If these conditions are resistant to medical therapy, surgery is indicated to cure them.

A significant episode of tonsillitis is defined by one or more of the following criteria:

1. Temperature greater than 101 F (38.3 C).
2. Enlarged or tender neck lymph nodes.
3. Pus material coating the tonsils; or
4. Positive strep test.

In adults, the severity, frequency, and hardship associated with repeated infections are considered more important than the absolute number. Chronic infections characterized by bad breath and/or tonsillar stones causing significant disability are also indicators for tonsillectomy.

Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy are strongly considered in those patients who are suffering, or may suffer serious complications of infection. These include peritonsillar abscess, history of streptococcal complications (rheumatic heart disease, glomerulonephritis), or neck abscess.

During allopathic treatment, suspicion of cancer (malignancy) or tumor is a definite reason for surgery.

Homeopathic Treatment for Adenoids or Tonsillitis

The symptoms listed against each medicine may not be directly related to this disease because in homeopathy general symptoms and constitutional indications are taken into account for selecting a remedy.

To study any of the following remedies in more detail, please visit our Materia Medica section.

None of these medicines should be taken without professional advice.

 Dr. Qaisar Ahmed. MD, DHMS, Isl. Jurisprudence.

Baryta Carb 

Aneurysm. Apoplexy. Atrophy. Baldness. Brain, affections of. Cysts. Glands around ears painful and swollen. Reverberation on blowing nose. Foot-sweat. Glandular swellings. Haemorrhoids. Heart affections. Memory defective. Esophagus spasm. Paralysis of tongue, smarting burning pain in tip of tongue. Dribbling of saliva. Submaxillary glands and tonsils swollen. Spasm of oesophagus. Tonsils inflamed, with swollen veins. Smarting pain when swallowing; worse empty swallowing. Feeling of a plug in pharynx. Panaris. Paralysis. Parotitis. Prostate enlarged. Quinsy. Throat, sore. Tonsils, enlarged. Tumours. Warts. Wens. Dry, suffocative cough, especially in old people, full of mucus but lacking strength to expectorate. Palpitation and distress in region of heart. Aneurysm.

Agraphis Nutans

Catarrhal conditions; obstruction of nostrils. Adenoids, throat deafness. Enlarged tonsils. Mucous diarrhoea from cold. Chill from cold winds. Throat and ear troubles with tendency to free discharge from mucous membranes. Mutinism of childhood unconnected with deafness. Adenoids with enlarged tonsils.

Bacillinum

Addison’s disease. Alopecia. Consumptiveness Growth, defective. Hydrocephalus. Idiocy. Insanity. Joints, affections of. Phthiriasis. Pityriasis Ringworm. Scrofulous glands. Teeth, defective; pitted. Tuberculosis.

Calcarea carb

Bronchial glands infections. Consumption. Corpulency. Coryza. Cough. Coxalgia. Croup. Crusta lactea. Debility.  Ear infections. Submaxillary glands swollen.  Swelling of tonsils and submaxillary glands; stitches on swallowing. Hawking-up of mucus. Difficult swallowing. Goitre. Parotid fistula. Extreme dyspnoea. Painless hoarseness. Expectoration only during the day; thick, yellow, sour mucus. Bloody expectoration; with sour sensation in chest. Palpitation with feeling of coldness, with restless oppression of chest. Fever with sweat. Restless sleep.

Sambucus Canadensis

Pharynx and larynx felt dry and swollen, impeding free respiration. Severe headache. Temperature. Breathing laboured, asthmatic; wheezing. Heaviness and constriction in chest. Sharp pain in heart (region of valves) with palpitation. Heart labours heavily.-Pulse rose to 100, but became normal at end of perspiration. Exhaustion.-Uneasiness; unrest.-Recurrence of symptoms.

Sambucus Nigra

Dry coryza of infants, snuffles, oedematous swellings. Profuse sweat accompanies many affections. Angina pectoris. Asthma. Miller’s asthma. Chest oppression, Dyspnoea. Coryza dry. Suffocative cough. Croup. Hoarseness with tenacious mucus in larynx. Paroxysmal, suffocative cough. Emaciation. Headaches, catarrhal. Hoarseness. Hydrocele. Ileus. Laryngismus. Perspirations. Phthisis. Scurf. “Snuffles.” Starting. Whooping-cough. Temperature. Profuse sweating.

Natrum Mur

Violent, fluent coryza. Stoppage of nose, making breathing difficult. Violent sneezing coryza. Stitches all over chest. Cough, with bursting pain in head. Shortness of breath. Whooping-cough. Tachycardia. Sensation of coldness of heart. Heart and chest feel constricted. Fluttering, palpitating; intermittent pulse. Heart’s pulsations shake body. temperature; violent thirst, increases with fever. Fever-blisters. Coldness of the body.

The natrum mur child is cranky and stubborn nature.

Opium

Lean and thin, emaciated with enlarged adenoids, snoring, rattling and sertorius breathing, may have brief pauses in breathing during sleep. The other symptoms are of excessive drowsiness and sleep during the day. Tongue black, paralyzed bloody froth. Intense thirst. Blubbering op lips. Difficult articulation and swallowing. Hoarse. Deep snoring; rattling, stertorous breathing. Difficult, intermittent, deep, unequal respiration. Heat in chest; burning about heart. Cough, with dyspnoea and blue face; with bloody expectoration. Pulse full and slow. Heat extending over body. Hot perspiration.

Kali Sulphuricum 

Kali Sulphuricum is even best for adenoids that regrow after surgery or remaining after removal of adenoids. Eustachian deafness. Discharge of yellow matter. Cold, with yellow, slimy expectoration. Nose obstructed. Smell lost. Engorgement of the nasal pharyngeal mucous membrane, mouth breathing, snoring. Post-grippal cough. Epithelioma. Intermittent fever, with yellow, slimy tongue.

Ammonium Carbonicum

Hardness of hearing. Shocks through ears, eyes, and nose, when gnashing teeth. Discharge of sharp, burning water. Stoppage at night, with long-continued coryza. Bloody nasal mucus. Enlarged tonsils and glands of neck. Burning pain all down throat. Tendency to gangrenous ulceration of tonsils. Diphtheria when nose is stopped up. Chest feels tired. Emphysema. Oppression in breathing. Pneumonia. Slow labored, stertorous breathing; bubbling sound with slimy sputum and specks of blood. Pulmonary oedema.

Audible cardiac palpitation with fear, cold sweat, lachrymation, inability to speak, loud breathing and trembling hands. Heart weak, wakes with difficult breathing and palpitation.

Mercurius Dulcis

Excessive ulceration of throat.-Difficulty of swallowing. Scrofulous otitis. Otitis media; closure of Eustachian tube; ear troubles of scrofulous children; membrana tympani retracted, thickened and immovable. Constant flow of dark, putrid saliva; very offensive. Ulceration of throat, with dysphagia. Granular pharyngitis.

Mercurius Solubilis

Bluish-red swelling. Constant desire to swallow. Putrid sore throat; worse right side. Ulcers and inflammation appearing at every change in weather. Stitches into ear on swallowing; fluids return through nose. Quinsy, with difficulty swallowing, after pus has formed. Sore, raw, smarting, burning throat. Complete loss of voice. Burning in throat, as from hot vapor ascending. Otalgia. Coryza. Severe temperature. Night sweating.

China Officinalis

Aphthae. Apoplexy Appetite, disordered. Asthma. Cough. Debility. Deafness. Tinnitus. Hearing sensitive to noise. Lobules red and swollen. Coryza, sneezing, watery discharge. Violent dry sneezing. Influenza, with debility. Labored slow respiration; constant choking. Suffocative catarrh. Haemorrhage from lungs. Dyspnoea, sharp pain in left lung. Asthma. Heart irregular with weak rapid beats followed by strong, hard beats. Suffocative attacks, syncope; anaemia and dropsy. Severe temperature. Debilitating night-sweats.

Tuberculinum

Asthma. Bones, caries of. Bronchitis. Catarrhal pneumonia. Chilblains. Heart infections. Cardiac palpitation. Influenza. Lupus. Edema glottidis. Phthisis. Pleurisy. Acute pneumonia. Offensive otorrhea. Perforation in membrana tympani. Enlarged tonsils. Hard, dry cough during sleep. Expectoration thick, easy; profuse bronchorrhea. Shortness of breath. Sensation of suffocation. Hard hacking cough. Profuse sweating. Post-critical temperature.

Pyrogenium

Diphtheria with extreme fetor. Cough; with large masses of phlegm. Cough with night-sweats and frequent pulse. Cardiac asthenia from septic conditions. Throat dry, articulation difficult.

Psorinum

Adenoids. Diphtheria. Influenza. Otorrhoea. Dry, coryza, with stoppage of nose. Tonsils greatly swollen; painful swallowing, with pain in ears. Profuse, offensive saliva; tough mucus in throat. Recurring quinsy. Eradicates tendency to quinsy. Hawking up of cheesy, pea-like balls of disgusting smell and taste. Asthma with dyspnoea. Dry hard cough. Profuse, offensive perspiration; night-sweats.

Agaricus Muscarious

Dry fauces and pharynx, causing contraction and difficulty of swallowing. Stitches along eustachian tube to ear. Feels contracted. Small solid balls of phlegm thrown up. Dryness of pharynx, swallowing difficult. Scratching in throat. Induration of tonsils. Heart irregular, tumultuous palpitation. Painful palpitations of the heart. Spasmodic cough.

Dr. Qaisar Ahmed’s advise : In infection always advise highly diluted potencies.

Tips for enlarged adenoids :

• The most effective remedy for enlarged adenoids is gargling warm saline water. Warm water has a soothing effect on the sore throat, the salt help to relieve pain.
• For children with adenitis give them as much hot fluid (and soups etc) as possible. These beverages will not only provide them with appropriate nutrition but will also provide relief from pain
• Drinking warm water with a bit of honey and lemon juice will work fine as well.
• Steam inhalation is also beneficial with enlarged adenoids that helps to relieve the blocked nose caused by swollen adenoid, which commonly leads to snoring or noisy breathing.
• Turmeric is very helpful for enlarged adenoids. take a glass of warm milk and add a little black pepper and turmeric powder in it and Give this to your child at bed time.
• Take 10 leaves of basil and add them to one and a half cup of water and boil it for 15 minutes and give it to your child two times daily. It is very helpful for allergic cold, cough, tonsillitis and adenoids
• Encourage your child to drink lots of fluids in chronic tonsillitis and adenoids because a good hydration level is needed for the immune system to work properly. It is suggested to give 8 glasses of water every day and in addition to water, you can also give other beverages such as fresh fruit juice, clear soups, herbal teas and warm broth.

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