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 ...

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 ...

When it comes to checking a child's sore throat, my parents gets adenoids and tonsils confused. The tonsils are visible at the back of the throat, while adenoids aren’t directly visible in a routine ...

Q. I know that tonsillectomy is no longer routinely performed in children as it was when I was a child. But what about children who have such enlarged tonsils and adenoids that they obstruct breathing ...

Surgical removal of the tonsils and adenoids (adenotonsillectomy) in children with mild symptoms of throat infections or enlarged tonsils and adenoids has no major benefits over watchful waiting, ...

Children with enlarged tonsils and adenoids who wore an oral appliance for six months had better craniofacial growth, enlargement of pharyngeal dimensions, and improved breathing and snoring during ...

Enlarged adenoids can certainly cause the kind of problems you describe your daughter as having. Like the tonsils, the adenoids are swellings of special lymph tissue and act as a defence against ...

DARIEN, Ill. – According to new research that will be presented Saturday, June 11, at the 20th Anniversary Meeting of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM), children with enlarged ...

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 ...