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>> Far and away the most common reasons we take out tonsils.
Number one would be because they're too -- they're enlarged and they're causing problems
because they're enlarged, and they're causing what I describe as obstructive symptoms.
Usually the big one is snoring.
And if -- particularly if it's snoring where there's disruption of sleep.
Restlessness.
Sleeping in weird positions.
Waking frequently.
Sleeping a lot of hours but then still being really tired during the day.
And sometimes it can be bad enough where there's actually pauses and changes
in the breathing patterns, such as sleep apnea.
Our second problem that we would perform tonsillectomy for would be infectious problems.
So recurrent infections involving the tonsil tissue.
Strep infections are -- we take particular notice with those.
But truly, any situation where a patient's having significant sore throats.
Missing a lot of school.
Needing to be on antibiotics.
Or if they're having a complication related to a throat infection,
like an abcess that needs to be dealt with.
These would be reasons to consider taking out the tonsils.