Recently, Hui Hui's mother felt a lot of headaches: in just two months, Hui Hui, who was more than 3 years old, was already hospitalized for the third time, and these three hospitalizations were because of "tonsillitis", and Hui Hui was inflamed in the throat every time he had a cold. Mothers have heard some friends say that if the child's tonsils are repeatedly inflamed, they should cut the tonsils, but some other friends say that they cannot be cut, because after removing the tonsils, the child's immunity will decline, and it is easier to get sick. This made Hui Hui's mother feel very annoyed.
What are tonsils? What does the tonsils do?
The tonsils are located at the intersection of the digestive tract and respiratory tract, where the mucous membrane contains a large amount of lymphoid tissue, which is the site of frequent contact with antigens that causes a local immune response. Oropharyngeal subepithelial lymphoid mass. There are several groups of lymphoid tissue under the epithelium at the base of the tongue and around the pharynx, which are called palatine tonsils, pharyngeal tonsils and tongue tonsils according to their location.
The tonsils produce lymphocytes and antibodies, so they have antibacterial and antiviral defenses.
After a child has their tonsils removed, will their immunity be affected?
Although it is removed because of the disease, the body's immunity will definitely have an impact. Perhaps adults have no problem removing their tonsils, but for children whose body immunity is not strong, it may be that the removal of tonsils may have some weakening of their immunity. We all know that the tonsils are the immune organs of the human body, in the oropharyngeal tonsil crypt, the tonsils are the largest immune organs in the oropharynx, there is one on both sides, in our childhood, he plays an important role in immune function. But after adulthood, compared with adolescence, the function is not so great, and there is nothing wrong with resection, but for children, it is still a barrier to protect the body.