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Please explain the purpose for ear tubes and adnoid removal ...


Sent to Health Experts December 03, 2007 11:12 p.m.
Please explain the purpose for ear tubes and adnoid removal and what this procedure will accomplish for my 5 year old who has chronic ear infections and fluid in his ears. He had tubes @ 2 years old for 2 years and had a year og good health. The past 8 months he has been in several antibiotics and maintaind alot of fluid in his ear. His hearing is fine and his speech is wonderful.

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Male, Age: 5, New Jersey
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December 03, 2007 11:27 p.m. (15 minutes and 4 seconds later) 		ACCEPTED Check Mark
The tube connecting the ear and the nose is called the Eustachian tube. The function of the tube is to allow passage of air into the ear, so that there is equalisation of pressure in the ear and the atmosphere. When there is any blockage of the tube, it causes fluid to collect in the ear this is called Serous Otitis Media.

In case of your son, his adenoids have got enlarged and this is blocking the tubes. This is the reason he is having ear problems. Though you might not percieve any problems directly, his doctors would have realised that he has serous otitis media and this is why they have advised the sdenoidectomy.

You should go through the operation in order that he does not develop any chronic ear problems.

You can look up here:
http://www.med.umn.edu/otol/library/serousot.htm



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Sent December 03, 2007 11:36 p.m. (8 minutes and 36 seconds later)
Why did the first set of tubes not fix his condition and we a year later have to but the tubes back in along with the adnoid removal?
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December 03, 2007 11:40 p.m. (3 minutes and 55 seconds later)
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