Iitoni kunye nabantwana

Namhlanje, abazali abaninzi bayazibuza ukuba kububulumko na ukuba abantwana bakhutshwe iitoni. Iitonsillectomy inokucetyiswa ukuba umntwana wakho unazo ezi zinto zilandelayo:

• Kunzima ukugwinya
• Ukuthintela ukuphefumla ngexesha lokulala
• Usulelo lomqala okanye amathumba omqala ahlala ebuya

Kwiimeko ezininzi, ukudumba kweetoni kunokunyangwa ngempumelelo ngamayeza okubulala iintsholongwane. Kusoloko kukho umngcipheko onxulunyaniswa notyando.

Wena kunye nomboneleli wezempilo womntwana wakho unokuqwalasela i-tonsillectomy ukuba:

• Umntwana wakho usuleleka rhoqo (amaxesha asixhenxe okanye nangaphezulu kunyaka o-1, ama-5 okanye amaxesha angaphezulu kwiminyaka emi-2, okanye ama-3 okanye nangaphezulu kwiminyaka emi-3).
• Umntwana wakho uphoswa sisikolo kakhulu.
• Umntwana wakho uyancwina, unengxaki yokuphefumla, kwaye une-apnea yokulala.
• Umntwana wakho unethumba okanye ukukhula kwiitoni zakhe.

Abantwana kunye neetoni ezikhethiweyo

• Iitoni

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