These symptoms are often accompanied by adenoid hypertrophy, which severely impacts children’s physical and mental health as well as their growth and development [1]. Before the age of 12, children’s ...

Background: Adenoidal hypertrophy (AH) is commonly observed in childhood and closely linked to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Despite the high prevalence of AH, its pathophysiological mechanisms ...

Uncovertebral hypertrophy is swelling or enlargement of the uncovertebral joints. These are joints in the neck that stabilize and allow for movement. Symptoms often include stiffness and pain.

Radio commercials are full of “roars, grunts, squawks, yaps, burps, and a mixture of adenoidal and . . . honey-chile voices.” This is the considered opinion of a man who lives and scolds in ...

Adenotonsillar hypertrophy (ATH) is the most commonly recognised risk factor for paediatric OSA. Both adenoids and palatine tonsils belong to Waldeyer’s ring.15 In normal physiological conditions, ...

In addition to nasal obstruction caused by various kinds of nasal diseases, the pathological hypertrophy of adenoids and/or tonsils is often the main etiologic factor of mouth breathing in children.