enlarged tonsils and food allergies

[Guest guest]

HI

The way I heard it is that the tonsils are the first line defense for IMMUNE

system, stop us inhaling and ingesting stuff we're not supposed too. So

wouldn't inflammed tonsils be doing their job OR be 'malfunctioning' for

being too 'turned on'. So if you take out the tonsils, zero defence, move the

problem to gut........... I would be inclined to try the enzymes first

Mandi in UK

PS Now use Zinc and Vit C lozenges for my kids, no swollen tonsils now but

they didn't have the problem as bad as your child

> This is just a suggestion, but I would take your child to see an " Ear, Nose

> and

> Throat Specialist " , or ENT for short. The reason for the constant swollen

> tonsils could in fact be because of the overuse of antibiotics, and their

> failure

> to fully treat the problem now. As well, I thought I would also mention,

> that

> recently I watched a program that was talking about kids with swollen

> tonsils,

> alot of mucus, and chronic ear infections. It talked about these same

> children

> " snoring, or wheezing in their sleep " because of the drainage. It also

> talked

> about these same children having their R.E.M. sleep (rapid eye movement)

> being

> interrupted because of this, thus causing either behavior problems or

> excessive

> passive behavior.

>

> The moral of the story is that these experts said that the tonsils were the

> main

> cause of this and in some cases, removing the tonsils removes the

> problems.....the show talked about the fact that alot children diagnosed

> with

> ADD, ADHD, LD etc., seem to be the very children with these " tonsil "

> problems.

> In many cases the children's behavior improved drastically when the tonsils

> were

> removed, as well, their overall health also improved.

>

> I'm not saying for everyone to go out and whip their children's tonsils

> out, but

> it is an avenue worth pursuing. I'm looking into it myself for my daughter

> and

> have an appointment with an ENT in late June for this exact reason and

> because of

> the symptoms the lady Liane, has described in her post below...although my

> daughter is not on antibiotics and hasn't been for a few years now.

>

> My 2 cents!

>

> Roxanne

>

[Guest guest]

Lian,

Our 3 year old daughter started having problems with enlarged tonsils

and adenoids last Thanksgiving. She had a really bad Winter illness-

wise and much night waking/crying and snoring. We finally took her

to an ENT doc who of course wanted to remove her tonsils and

adenoids. She made the statement that probably at least half of the

kids she treats that have the diagnosis of ADHD no longer has it

after tonsils are removed.

Because our daughter has such a significant family history of

allergies I decided I wanted to have her tested first for allergies.

The ENT doc said there was some chance that that might help.

a (our daughter) has had 2 days of testing (our allergist uses

provocation/neutralization testing) and lo and behold she was

allergic to more things than she wasn't! So far we have only tested

her for inhalant allergies because she has been on a hypoallergenic

diet since before she was quite 2 years old because her 5 1/2 year

old brother has ASD and we were treating him with diet.

a has just started her allergy drops but has been on Nasonex

for a while which did allow her to start breathing through her nose

again. At this point her tonsils are still quite enlarged but want

to give the drops some time to work and then go from there.

Rosie Semak