ADENOIDITIS

Course overview

ADENOIDITIS OCCURS WHEN THERE IS INFLAMMATION OF THE ADENOID TISSUE RESULTING FROM INFECTION, ALLERGIES, OR IRRITATION FROM STOMACH ACID. ADENOIDITIS RARELY OCCURS ON ITS OWN AND IS TYPICALLY INVOLVED IN A MORE EXTENSIVE DISEASE PROCESS SUCH AS ADENOTONSILLITIS, PHARYNGITIS, RHINOSINUSITIS, OR POSSIBLE LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX (LPR). CONTINUAL IRRITATION MAY LEAD TO ADENOID HYPERTROPHY WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY OF THE COMPLICATIONS OF ADENOID DISEASE. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE PRESENTATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ADENOIDITIS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM ON IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.