Say ‘aah!’
What do snoring, a sore tummy and concentration problems have in common? Believe it or not, they could all be caused by tonsil trouble.
We all think that recurrent tonsillitis is the thing to look out for, and that’s certainly valid, but there are a few other symptoms you should be keeping an eye on, too. Tonsils look like little bumps on both sides of the back of the throat and their nearest cousins are the adenoids, which are hidden further up the throat at the back of the nose. These three lymph glands often cause trouble in children, mostly because of their size, says Knysna-based ear, nose and throat specialist (ENT), Dr Martin Young. Young children struggle more with tonsils and adenoids because the glands enlarge in the first five to
