How much of the throat should the tonsils cover?

[bythepowerofgreyskull]

DS2 has never been a good eater, he puts food enthusiastically in his mouth and chews and chews and sucks but then spits out after he has sucked the life out of stuff.

when he was yawning today I noticed his tonsils looked HUGE

is it possible that the 2 things are connected?

he isn't under the weather.

DD's tonsils are huge. Even GP commented on it recently. I said did I need to worry he said no! But she has always been a good eater. She is 5 now, but I only noticed them about a year ago. I presume she has always had them though!!

Shouldn't be bigger than a molar?

sorry to be thick buckets but what is a molar

DS has very large tonsils. They are going to operate to remove his adenoids but are leaving the tonsils as the do not fully obstruct his throat and not problematic

thanks Norks, does it affect his eating?

I have sat tight about his chewing things and not swallowing stuff but just wondered if they are connected I should perhaps try to get a doctor to look at them?

He definately does prefer soft easy to chew food. Meat aoart from mince and chicken is normally refused and he tends to choke quite a lot. I think it is worth getting it looked at.

Hiya, my DS2 (see bronchiolitis thread) had huge tonsils but I didn't know until he got permanently sick and couldn't eat anything but pureed food and 6 month old baby jars (the food, not the glass jars )at 10 months old. Was referred to Great Ormond Street where doc was fantastic, said he could see staight away what the problem was - enlarged tonsils which were permanently infected. He simply couldn't swallow lumpy food and he was getting to the phobic stage with foods. He also had milk and soy intolerance. I could go on but it'll get confusing. Anyway, he was prescribed prophylactic antiobitics which worked really well and he was symptom free after 3 rounds of treatment. So, short answer is yes, tonsils can affect eating.

my nephew always had hiuge tonsils and as a result always had problems weaning etc. and would easily choke on food.

My SIL took him to Drs who referred him to ENT specialist with a view to having them removed ASAP.

ENT specialist disagreed though and only did grommits

thanks all,
will make an appointment for him to see a doctor next week.