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Tonsils and adenoids - Coggle Diagram
Tonsils and adenoids
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Surgical management
surgical removal of tonsils and adenoids, tonsilectomy
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health education
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let the patient know that delayed bleeding may occur when healing membranes separate usually 7-10 days
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defination
these encircle the throat at the root of the nasopharynx, they are frequently common sites for infection
Pathophysiology
infection of the tonsils and adenoids may be secondary upper respiratory tract infection ,tonsills become oedematous and hyperaemic , a thin white membranes that peel awayeasily without bleeding forms over the tonsills . tonsils may enlarge resulting in adenoids which cause nasal obstruction and neck and cervical lymph node enlargement