The diseases of infants and children . HYPERTROPHY OF THE PHARYNGEAL TONSIL 689 Course and Prognosis.—Adenoid growths are disposed to increasegradually in size and the symptoms consequently to grow worse, reachingtheir height about the beginning of later childhood and continuing untilpuberty unless relieved by treatment. At puberty there is a tendencyfor the growths to become smaller and for sjTnptoms to disappear, unlessthe tissue has become of a fibrous nature. • So, too, the conditon is alwaysbetter in summer time and in a dryer climate, due to the diminution ofthe catarrhal involvement of
The diseases of infants and children . HYPERTROPHY OF THE PHARYNGEAL TONSIL 689 Course and Prognosis.—Adenoid growths are disposed to increasegradually in size and the symptoms consequently to grow worse, reachingtheir height about the beginning of later childhood and continuing untilpuberty unless relieved by treatment. At puberty there is a tendencyfor the growths to become smaller and for sjTnptoms to disappear, unlessthe tissue has become of a fibrous nature. • So, too, the conditon is alwaysbetter in summer time and in a dryer climate, due to the diminution ofthe catarrhal involvement of the mucous membrane and the shrinking of. t Fig. 23S—Defor.\uty i^hum C; of 7 years and 9 months. Shows the narrow nasal bridge and nostrils, aawell as a marked degree of funnel-chest from persistent respiratory tugging. the growths; worse in winter and during the occurrence of an acute naso-pharyngeal catarrh. Owing to this disposition to grow worse, there isa likelihood of serious deformities and affection of the health is particularly true when symptoms have appeared during of various sorts, especially by tuberculosis and diphtlicria, isliable to occur by way of the adenoids, and the presence of those vegeta-tions makes many diseases affecting the throat run a more serious results from operative treatment are somotimos remarkably promptand complete; oftenor somewhat slower in numifcsting themselves; some-times disappointing if the adenoids hjive been allowed to remain too longand if bony deformities or nervous symptoms have developed. 44 690 THE DIS
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