Don't know what to do re my 11 year old DD and have had some great advice here before so would love some opinions. Dd had a dust mite allergy diagnosed mid last year after a year of constant sniffing and increased number of "colds". We tried cortisone spray in her nose and antihistamines but they don't do much. She is taking drop under her tongue to desensitise against the allergy.
Late last year and through march and April this year she has had weeks off school due to acute sinusitis. Today we went to an ENT specialist who put a camera up her nose. It was amazing and I could see one part of her nose is completely blocked as the turbinate is resting on the septum (which is a little deviated) and one adenoid is large and inflamed and producing heaps of mucous, hence the sniffing and coughing up stuff every morning. So he wants to reduce the size of the adenoid and turbinate by basically "shaving" them and then cauterising to stop the bleeding. it is done under general anaesthesia.
Anyone have any experience with this?? If it was me I would have it done but why is it so scary to make thaw decisions for our children???
Oops forgot to say we could persist with the allergy treatment as it might still reduce their size but today DDs symptoms were really minor. She was having a good day but still the things were enlarged so not sure if the allergy treatment are that effective.