You are listening to episode 75, tonsils, and adenoids.

When is surgery necessary?

Welcome to this episode.

I am so excited to welcome Dr. Jordan Glixman.

He is an ear nose and throat surgeon in private practice at Newton Wellesley Hospital and

a lecturer part-time at Harvard Medical School based in Massachusetts.

And I am so excited to talk to him all about tonsils and adenoids.

Welcome Dr. Glixman for joining us today and thank you for joining us today.

Thanks for having me.

So we are doing two episodes.

We are doing one on tonsils and adenoids and then I'm releasing another episode today

with Dr. Glixman on ear tubes.

So make sure you listen to both of these episodes because you will get a lot of education

about it.

Things again for joining us.

Now I want to talk about tonsils and adenoids first.

Some parents don't know the purpose of an adenoid or tonsils, they don't know where

it is.

But let's just discuss basics about adenoids.

So what are they, what are their purpose, do they have a purpose, tell me more about adenoids.

Sure.

So the adenoids are a type of immune tissue in the throat behind the nose.

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