{"id":2708,"date":"2016-06-17T09:27:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T16:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fuelvet.com\/~sacent\/?p=792"},"modified":"2024-01-17T12:37:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T20:37:53","slug":"7-signs-child-needs-tonsillectomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sacent.com\/7-signs-child-needs-tonsillectomy\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Signs Your Child Needs a Tonsillectomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"7-signs-your-child-needs-a-tonsillectomy.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/sacent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/7-signs-your-child-needs-a-tonsillectomy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-794\" \/>It usually begins with a sore throat and ends with popsicles. A tonsillectomy is the 2nd most common pediatric procedure and is performed more than 500,000 times a year on kids.<\/p>\n<h2>What are tonsils?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lumps of tissue on both sides of the throat.<\/li>\n<li>They trap bacteria and viruses that enter the body through the mouth, nose or throat.<\/li>\n<li>They produce antibodies that destroy germs and prevent us from getting sick.<\/li>\n<li>The tonsils can also become overworked, enlarged or infected and eventually need to be removed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What are the signs tonsils need to be removed?<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Your child has <strong>recurring infections<\/strong> especially tonsillitis, strep throat or ear infections about 5-6 times a year.<\/li>\n<li>Your child has <strong>infections that impact attending school<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Your child has a <strong>difficult time eating or swallowing<\/strong> possibly with abscesses in the back of the throat.<\/li>\n<li>Your child <strong>can\u2019t sleep through the night and has increased bedwetting<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Your child <strong>mouth breathes with noticeable mouth odor<\/strong> and their nose feels plugged.<\/li>\n<li>You notice <strong>increased snoring or sleep apnea<\/strong> in your child.<\/li>\n<li>Though extremely rare, your child may <strong>develop bleeding or cancer<\/strong> in the tonsils.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you notice any of these signs in your kiddo, you should take them to an ear, nose and throat specialist. Summer is a great time to schedule a tonsillectomy so your child does not miss any school during their recovery. Call us today to schedule an appointment for your child with one of our award winning ENT specialists!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It usually begins with a sore throat and ends with popsicles. A tonsillectomy is the 2nd most common pediatric procedure and is performed more than 500,000 times a year on kids. What are tonsils? Lumps of tissue on both sides of the throat. They trap bacteria and viruses that enter the body through the mouth,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sacent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacent.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}