Adenoids

Tonsillitis: Adenoids

What Are Adenoids?

Adenoids are spongy tissues inside nose, similar to tonsils, which tend to get swollen due to infection or allergies; leading to blocked nose.

What are the Symptoms of Adenoids?

Due to recurrent infections or allergies, adenoids tend to get swollen. Sometimes, to such an extent that they blow the nasal passage, leading to blocked nostrils. It can be very severe if if the swelling is huge. Swollen adenoids would lead to mouth breathing and hence a tendency to keep mouth open all the time.

What Does Homeopathy have to Offer?

Homeopathy helps to treat the underlying infection, allergies and thus reduce swelling of adenoids. It can help avoid surgical removal of adenoids in most cases, especially if the adenoids are not huge in size, blocking the nasal passage to great extent.

Tonsillitis: Structure and Functions

Anatomy of Tonsils: The Structure

The tonsils consist of two glandular tissues similar to hundreds of other lymph glands in the human body, present on either side of the back side of the throat. They are normal body organs just like lungs, skin and eyes. They are visible just behind the tongue, when the mouth is opened with slight force. They may vary in size. They are soft to touch and may either be bright red or pink-grayish in color.

Physiology of Tonsils: The Functions

Tonsils, like any other body organ, have a specific role to play. Rather, tonsils have been allotted the vital task of checking if there are certain intruders such as bacteria, virus, allergens, etc attempting to attack the human body. Tonsils being lymphoid tissues, they produce the special cells called Lymphocytes. The Lymphocytes are similar to the white blood cells (Leukocytes) with which they form an immunological network of self-defense.

Immunology of Tonsils: The Inner Power

As said earlier, the tonsils work as a filter which fights and protects the entire human system against the foreign organisms. They also help preventing spread of infection from the nearby organisms such as mouth, sinuses, postnasal part, etc. Tonsils produce antibodies, which fight against the infection, stopping its further spread to other parts of the body.

When the bacteria or virus attack the body, they initially have to face the tonsils. In the process of fighting towards the germs and microbes the tonsils get inflamed (called tonsillitis) which is simply a symbol of the local defense mechanism at work. In the process, they produce lymphocytes, and antibodies to generate the required immune response. When you see the tonsil infected, inflamed and swollen, actually you are seeing the tonsils at work.

However, it is not implied that the inflamed tonsils do not need treatment. They do need treatment with a scientific attitude. They need to be treated but not to be necessarily removed! Compare them again with the soldiers fighting at the battle field, who need special care but not removal from the battle field unless they are seriously injured or incapable of doing their job!

What is Tonsillitis?

Tonsillitis: Introduction

Tonsillitis is simply inflammation of the tonsils. (Tonsils/itis, where itis means inflammation)

Causes

Major cause is the infection. Certain bacteria (Most common being streptococcal group), viruses, and allergens are known to produce Tonsillitis. Tonsillitis may also occur as a result of certain allergy to food-preservatives, artificial colors, etc.

Why Does One Get Tonsillitis?

Tonsils may be considered as two guards standing at the entrance (throat) and protecting the human system against a wide range of intruders such as bacteria, virus, allergens and the like. Tonsils are natural protectors and vital organs of self-defense mechanism of the body. They are like the soldiers fighting on the border who get injured (inflamed) protecting the country.

When the internal immune system is low or weak, one tends to get infections. Tonsils work towards protecting us against the infections. Inflamed tonsils or recurrent tonsillitis is the result of low immunity and not the cause of it. The treatment should be targeted towards enhancing the immunity and not by removing the tonsils!

Tonsillitis: Symptoms

  1. Sore Throat: Pain in the throat is the most common presentation. However, young babies may not present with the pain but may present with an inability to eat.
  2. Dysphagia: That is difficult swallowing. This may either be due to pain or due to huge increase in the size of the tonsils due to frequent inflammation.
  3. Fever: Acute infection of the tonsils may present with moderate to high rise in body temperature. In case of septic foci on the tonsils, there may be fever with chills.
  4. Apnea: Sleep apnea, a disturbed sleep disorder may occur due to an obstruction to the air passage due to heavily enlarged tonsils or adenoids.However, it is interesting to note that most children with sleep apnea do not recover of this disorder after the removal of the tonsils. (This is because, in many cases, there are associated causes for apnea, such as obesity, adenoids, small jaw, bony skull deformity (congenital), neuromuscular disorder, etc.)
  5. Snoring: Due to obstructed air passage caused by the enlarged tonsils, snoring may be one of the symptoms in many children suffering from recurrent tonsillitis. Again, it may be noted here that snoring may be due to reasons other than the enlarged tonsils.
  6. General Symptoms: Tonsillitis may be associated with general fatigue, tired feeling, bodyache, loss of appetite, low energy level, headache, etc.
  7. On Examination: The attending doctor may have a look at the throat with a torch to find inflamed, red, congested tonsils. There may be visible septic foci (small pus pockets). Externally, one may palpate enlarged and mildly painful neck glands, indicating some more lymph glands in the neighborhood.

Tonsillitis: Tonsillitis – Complications of Tonsillitis

The complications of untreated, recurring Tonsillitis, when the tonsils fail to check the spread of the infection, include spread of the infection to the heart (Rheumatic Fever), kidneys (Glomerulonephritis), and lower respiratory tract (bronchitis). However, it may be noted that the said complications are relatively uncommon.

Tonsillitis: Homeopathic Treatment for Frequent Tonsillitis

Frequent attacks of Tonsillitis suggest low immunity, whereby the tonsils are getting inflamed as a part of defense mechanism. The do not need to be removed.

There is an excellent treatment in homeopathic which can significantly help Frequent Tonsillitis and the tonsils can be saved. Please do not take a hurried step to get your child’s tonsils removed without checking homeopathic treatment.

What to Expect From Homeopathic Treatment?

  1. Reduction in attacks of Tonsillitis
  2. Avoidance of surgical removal of Tonsils may become possible in over 70% cases
  3. Reduction in severity of attack of Tonsillitis
  4. Reduced attack of frequent colds, cough, ear infections, sinusitis, asthma
  5. Better immunity, better appetite and weight gain if child is underweight
  6. Reduced need for antibiotics

What is the Duration of Treatment?

Most patients show remarkable improvement in about six months. Most children who may have been suggested surgery, would reach to the stage whereby surgery may no more be suggested by the ENT surgeon, in about ten to fourteen months.

Approach

Homeopathy considers the tonsils as two guards standing at the entrance (throat) and protecting the human system against a wide range of intruders such as bacteria, virus, allergens and the like. Tonsils are natural protectors and vital organs of self-defense mechanism of the body. They are like the soldiers fighting on the border who get injured (inflamed) protecting the country.

When the internal immune system is low or weak, one tends to get infections. Tonsils work towards protecting us against the infections. Inflamed tonsils or recurrent tonsillitis is the result of low immunity and not the cause of it.

The homeopathic treatment is essentially targeted towards enhancing the immunity and hence reducing the recurrence of tonsil infections. This is achieved very easily using safe and effective homeopathic medicines.

Medicines of Tonsillitis

What are the Sources of Homeopathic Medicines?

The homeopathic medicines are prepared from a wide range of natural sources. Over 5% of the medicines origin largely from the vegetable kingdom, i.e. flowers, roots, leaves and the juice.

Certain chemicals and minerals are also used to prepare certain medicines. For instance, sulfuric acid, nitric acid. Most of the minerals and metals are used as a source of medicine, such as gold, silver, zinc, tin, iron and so on. Some microbes, bacteria, virus are also used to prepare a special group of medicines (called Nosode), for instance, influenza virus, certain bacteria, etc. Some body secretion such as the hormones (thyroid hormone, for instance) also find place in the wide source-place. The animal kingdom has a special place in the Homeopathy pharmacy and Homeopathy medicines are prepared from the animal sources almost in a onviolent technique.

How are the Homeopathic Medicines Prepared?

The revolutionary method of drug preparation in Homeopathy, called as Potentization, utilizes a very minute quantity of the original drug substance. A very small portion of any substance, say a drop of Thuja herbal extract, as one part, is mixed with 99 parts of alcohol or distilled water. Some powerful strokes are given to this mixture of about 100 drops/ml. It makes 1c potency. (Potency is the unit indicating the strength of medicine.) Now, out of these 100 drops, one drop is taken and mixed with 99 drops of alcohol, again to undergo the process of vigorous strokes, making the potency 2c. The process is continued higher level up to 30c, 200c, 1000c, 10000c, 50000c, and 100000c.

No Material, Only the Medicinal Power

As you can realize, there is infinitesimal original drug substance in the higher potency medicines. Actually it crosses the Avogadro’s limit. There is no detectable material in the potency higher than 24. What is left behind is the power or energy of the medicine. One may call it dynamic power, which is capable to induce definite changes in the body system to bring about the healing process.

Absolutely Safe and Non-Toxic

As you can see that the special method of homeopathic medicines render them absolute free from any toxic substance in it. The medicines thus are absolutely safe and free from any side effects. They are safe for even babies and pregnant women.

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