The following are the most important diseases or complications that can be caused by adenoid hyperplasia/ adenoid hyperplasia (adenoids):
Respiratory system (J00-J99)
- Nasal obstruction (stuffy nose).
- Pharyngitis (inflammation of the throat)
- Rhinitis (rhinitis)
Ears – mastoid process (H60-H95)
- Otitis media (inflammation of the middle ear)
- Tympanic effusion (synonym: seromucotympanum); accumulation of fluid in the middle ear (tympanum) → middle ear hearing loss; risk of delay in speech development!; no or only a slight pain symptomatology.
Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99).
- Insomnia (sleep disorders)
- Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) – pauses in breathing during sleep caused by obstruction of the airway, often occurring several hundred times per night
Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
- Dysphagia (dysphagia).
- Rhonchopathy (snoring)
- Daytime sleepiness
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