Child’s adenoids

[TheFunkyFox]

How do you know they need them out? Dd is 11 and for as long as I remember she always sounds like she’s got a cold. She struggles to breathe out her nose and when she talks she constantly trying to sniff which drives me insane. She wakes up most mornings complaining of a sore throat and her breath stinks. She sleeps with her mouth wide open.

Would it be worth getting a doctors appointment?

Yeah its worth getting looked at. I had to get mine removed along with my tonsils as it was affecting my sleep

My dd always sounded snotty. Snored so badly and it meant she struggled to breath through her nose when she was doing physical activity.
Went to doctors again in the January as she was really struggling, hospital referral in February and operation in April. All NHS.
Day case. In at 7.30am. Operation was approx 45 mins. Out by tea time. Back to school 2 days later. All sorted.
Speaks a lot more clearly as well now.
Have to say she did go through a good 6 months before going to doctors in January of prescription nasal sprays but nothing worked.
Wish she had had done it earlier as she was 10 by the time of the operation.

Mine had a gormless looking 'adenoid face' (Google it!) and was a mouth breather. It also affected her hearing and she had grommets re-inserted at the same time - they'd refused to remove the adenoids in the first grommet op.

Take her to an ENT consultant and get their professional opinion, that's how you know.