| About Adenoids |
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| • | Invisible
until 3-6 months |
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| • | Newborns do
not have visible |
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| adenoids |
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| • | Pathological
when they encroach |
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| on
nasopharyngeal airway |
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| • | They can grow
until about age 6 |
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| • | They involute
in adulthood |
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| • | Adults do not
have visible |
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| adenoids |
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| • | Measurements
are not reliable |
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