Comments on: Tonsils: To ectomy or not to ectomy? https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/17/tonsils-to-ectomy-or-not-to-ec/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:51:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Douglas Kennedy, DC https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/17/tonsils-to-ectomy-or-not-to-ec/#comment-490497 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:51:55 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/01/17/tonsils-to-ectomy-or-not-to-ec/#comment-490497 What a mess! Seems to me that if you catch the patient in the early stages of tonsillitis, and try some interventions including all the naturopathic and dietary ones, as well as antibiotics, you might prevent the tonsils from becoming severely damaged and “over-responsive”. But, once they get there, the best thing to do is take them out.

Couldn’t agree more about the comment on “Google University”
I have patients coming in every day asking a million questions about things they have read…looking for some more authoritative opinion and guidance. It can be a full time job.

]]> By: F https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/17/tonsils-to-ectomy-or-not-to-ec/#comment-490496 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:36:11 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/01/17/tonsils-to-ectomy-or-not-to-ec/#comment-490496 Waaaah gah!

After following those links then going here
http://blog.sethroberts.net/2012/01/15/more-about-tonsillectomy-confidential/
I lost the will to continue reading further commentary.

]]> By: Emily https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/17/tonsils-to-ectomy-or-not-to-ec/#comment-490495 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:26:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/01/17/tonsils-to-ectomy-or-not-to-ec/#comment-490495 re Nancy @ 1

Two choices the good doctor gave you. I would have given you one more- namely remove the causes in the diet & there would be no need for the body to mount such defensive, reparatory symptoms. Problem solved- no more tosillitis because there would be no need for it. If you want to read a great book on children’s health which covers these types of simple-to-overcome problems, none better than Dr Joel Fuhrman (yes a real doctor): “Disease Proof Your Child: Feeding Kids Right”.

]]> By: NancyNew https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/17/tonsils-to-ectomy-or-not-to-ec/#comment-490494 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:29:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/01/17/tonsils-to-ectomy-or-not-to-ec/#comment-490494 It probably is over-done, but because of my childhood experience with it, I’m rather opinionated on the subject. I’m 50-something, and when I was in second grade, I had several recurring bouts with infected tonsils.

Our family doctor told my mother– “We have 2 choices here. I can give her an antibiotic, and she’ll get better fast–but you can expect recurring infections.” (He also, by the way, commented on overuse of antibiotics to treat minor problems, and predicted down-the-road issues with that. Smart man, Dr. Jones.)

“Or–we can let this run its course. She’ll run a low-grade fever and will be cranky for a week or 2. But she’ll build up natural resistence, and she won’t get it again for years.”

In those days of stay-at-home moms (this would have been about 1967), Mom decided to let me fight it out. I had a minor bout in 6th grade, then, in college, developed massive impacted tonsils, and they were yanked out then.

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