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Interesting point! Again, this is almost never the clinical situation in adults, although it may have been the case with johnnyseko (since he can now equalize better!). Adenoids tend to go away by themselves by around age 8, although every once in a while you will meet a teenager or even a young adult with residual adenoid tissue.
The adenoids are a third tonsil in the back of the nose, just above the back portion of the roof of the mouth. Nasal steroids really have no effect on them.
Interestingly, the effect of adenoids on ear disease is not thought to be a physical thing, that is, they don't block the Eustachian tube because of their size. Rather, the theory is that they act as a reservoir for bacteria, causing chronic inflammation at the nasal end of the Eustachian tube. That is why some children getting their second set of ear tubes will have the adenoids removed as well.
The adenoids are a third tonsil in the back of the nose, just above the back portion of the roof of the mouth. Nasal steroids really have no effect on them.
Interestingly, the effect of adenoids on ear disease is not thought to be a physical thing, that is, they don't block the Eustachian tube because of their size. Rather, the theory is that they act as a reservoir for bacteria, causing chronic inflammation at the nasal end of the Eustachian tube. That is why some children getting their second set of ear tubes will have the adenoids removed as well.
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