Hi,
My daughter is 5 years old and has permanently enlarged tonsils and I wanted to find out how normal this is. My understanding of tonsillitis is that they get swollen and sore and then go back to normal but hers don't go back to normal size. She says that most of the time they are painful.
We've seen ENT, who have put her on the waiting list to have them out, they are grade 4 (the biggest grading). There is very little space between them. Although being on the list, I do have the option of not going ahead so any views on pros and cons welcome.
I'm mostly concerned that it might be a symptom of her immune system not working correctly and that taking them out might disguise another problem. She had HSP in December (www.nhs.uk/conditions/henoch-schonlein-purpura/Pages/Introduction.aspx) which basically means her immune system was hyper active and didn't switch off. She recovered but as the tonsils are part of the immune system I'm wondering whether this might be a symptom of her body doing something similar and don't want to overlook something potentially more serious.
Has anybody had any experience in either permanently enlarged tonsils or similar symptoms post HSP?
Many thanks!
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Is it normal for tonsils to be permanently enlarged? Links to HSP?
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LucyMarie1 · 27/06/2016 21:36
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