1 year old Daughter has swollen tonsils?!
Question: 1 year old Daughter has swollen tonsils?
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Hello Claire,
I'm sorry about your daughter. I think the getting repeated head-colds, is much more likely to be tied up to her tonsil trouble, than is acid-reflux on good treatment.
I think your best strategy is to get up-to-date measurements of her exact height and weight, plotted onto a modern girl's 0-to-2 "centile" growth-chart.
If her weight and her height are on the 50th centiles, (the "average" lines), - or above, - for her age, then she is growing well and by inference, her system is not under any especial infective strain.
If her height and weight are below the 25th centiles, - and definitely!! if below the 3rd centiles, for her age, - then her system is by inference, under real strain and something more needs to be done, by way of special tests.
This is the basic assessment method that a Paediatrician would use, in the first instance.
Here is a picture example, of a modern girls centile growth chart, (click) http://www.bmj.com/content/340/bmj.c1140…
I hope this is of some help.
Best wishes,
Belliger
retired uk gp
Smoke doesn't stay in a room just because the door is shut. It could play a part and/or she could just have ent problems that are exacerbated by the acid reflux (not reflex).