If your child frequently gets colds, sinus infections and
laryngitis you may have considered having his or her adenoids
removed to see if the infections would lesson. A new study from
the Netherlands says you might want to rethink that. According
to Chantal Boonacker, who led the research team at the
University Medical Center Utrecht, waiting has no bad
consequences. The watchful waiting approach seems to be as
effective as surgery. Adenoids are tissue that sit in the back
of the nasal cavity and are above the roof of the mouth. You can
see your tonsils when you look in the mirror and open your
mouth, but you can't see your adenoids. Their purpose is to help
fight infection in children and usually shrink and disappear by
adulthood. Sometimes the tissue becomes enlarged. A surgery
called an adenoidectomy may be performed in children with a
chronic cough and cold. The study suggests that in children with
respiratory problems, delaying the surgery may be a smart
financial and medical decision. The research inclu