British studies say that many children need not remove tonsils
British studies say that many children need not remove tonsils
November 14, 2018 Source: Chinese Journal of Science
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Researchers at the University of Birmingham analyzed medical records for more than 1.6 million children in more than 700 clinics across the UK between 2005 and 2016. During this period, more than 18,000 children were surgically removed from the tonsils, but only 2,144 of them, or 11.7%, had severe enough sore throat and needed to remove the tonsils.
According to the report published in the British Journal of General Medicine, the researchers believe that more than 30,000 children in the UK receive an “unnecessary†tonsillectomy every year, which is also a big deal for the public health system in the country. Expenditure.
According to the current UK health guidelines, children generally have more than 7 symptoms of sore throat every year, or more than 5 times a year for two consecutive years, or 3 times a year for 3 consecutive years, the removal of tonsils will be beneficial. .
One of the authors of the report, Professor Tom Marshall of the University of Birmingham, said that many children do not have severe symptoms of sore throat. The removal of tonsils will not bring about improvement. "For many children, the damage caused by the removal of tonsils is even more Big".
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