Adenoid problems?

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Dd1 (3) is always very snotty. She occasionally has nose bleeds and she can't pronounce c and g. She had a nasty ear infection a couple of weeks ago and has had tonsillitis once before but these are not regular occurrences.

I've been to the doctor, who asked if she snored but when I said no she said she was clearly thriving and she didn't think it was anything to worry about. Nursery did a SLT referral but after the assessment we were discharged on the basis the sounds are emerging.

I kind of thought that was the end of it tbh but nursery think I should be pushing for more tests of some kind. I wonder if it sounds like adenoid problems, which is something people used to talk about wrt me when I was little (I was snotty too and snored but no one ever did anything about it). I am not sure they actually do much about this these days anyway though so a bit unsure how much it is worth pushing. Does it sound like something I should pursue? I suppose I am most worried about the speech as nursery are concerned about the effect it may have on her relationships but she doesn't meet the criteria for NHS speech and language therapy and they said they can no longer do ENT referrals, it has to be via the GP.

My dd recently had her adenoids removed at age 2 and it massively improved her quality of life. She was very snotty (constantly) and had nasal sounding speech. The worst symptom was that it disrupted her breathing at night (she had loud snoring and sleep apnoea) which meant she was always very tired.. when they were removed they said the adenoids were absolutely huge and she only had a tiny nose. Definitely worth looking into as whilst it’s not nice for them to go through an operation, it was relatively straightforward and the benefits were definitely worth it for her. They did tell us they for children over the age of 3 they tend to remove the tonsils at the same time which would obviously be a bigger op.

Thanks, yes, the GP did say to go back if I heard her snoring, and to record it, as that seemed to be the thing that would trigger a referral, but she doesn't seem to snore so I am not sure if that means I just leave it or go back and push? .

Glad your LO is doing well.

I had similar symptoms with my daughter (5)

Constantly snotty but also blocked up. Sounded nasally. Not pronouncing some sounds.

No snoring (they did ask) but always a mouth breather. We got referred to an ENT and they also did allergy testing. She was diagnosed with a dustmite allergy and also chronic sinusitis (probably a reaction to the allergy) she’s had antiobiotics and now has a steroid spray for her nose and is like a new child.

Push for an allergy test as it can cause all the symptoms you mentioned. Does your child mouth breathe?

Thanks. I am not sure if she mouth breathes. I guess she must do a lot of the time as she's bunged up. How did you pursue dust mite allergy testing?