Iron deficiency found to be more prevalent in children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy

Weng, Weijie; Tan, R Y; Giblett, Neil; Vijayasekaran, Harry; Vijayasekaran, Shyan

doi:10.21037/ajo-20-89

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“…Hence the use of ferritin as a measure of iron deficiency among those with an infection isn't justifiable as seen in other studies. 6 Meanwhile a study similar to ours was done to determine the prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia among patients of chronic tonsillitis by Weijie Weng et al, 3 it shows that children undergoing adenotonsillectomy for chronic and recurrent adenotonsillitis have a higher incidence of iron deficiency anaemia when compared to the general population.…”

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“…2 Recurrent tonsillitis is defined as presence of more than 7 episodes of tonsillitis in 1 year or more than 5 episodes in a year for 2 consecutive years or more than 3 episodes of tonsillitis a year for 3 consecutive years; and these episodes are disabling and prevent routine normal functioning. 3 The management of such recurrent https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijoas.2023.003 2582-4147/© 2023 Innovative Publication, All rights reserved.…”

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“…or chronic cases is primarily by surgical excision of the palatine tonsils especially in cases not controlled by medical management at this juncture even the fitness for surgery and the hemodynamic during surgery and post operative healing is all compromised if the anaemia isn't corrected. 3 So, in our study we have considered the levels of haemoglobin, peripheral smears, TIBC levels and most importantly serum iron among patients of chronic tonsillitis to look for a corelation between the two.…”

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Iron deficiency anaemia as a novel immunological indicator of recurrence in chronic tonsillitis

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2023

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Trace elements such as iron play essential roles in the metabolic and immune functions of the body. Anaemia is known to suppresses immunity and it was assessed based on iron deficiency. The present study was done to elucidate the correlation of iron deficiency anaemia to chronic and recurrent tonsillitis. A 1 -year observational study was conducted and 100 patients with recurrent tonsillitis were included. Serum iron were estimated by spectrometry. Anemia was assessed based on Hb levels, TIBC and peripheral smears. Spearman’s and Pearson’s correlation Coefficients were used for the statistical analysis. 84% of the patients had a iron deficiency anaemia, 56% had low serum iron, There was a significant corelation between anaemia and low serum iron among the study population, the Spearman’s correlation coefficient r value was 0.824 and the p value was less than 0.05 between iron deficiency anaemia and recurrent tonsillitis with higher grades of hypertrophy and symptoms as well. In order to plan the treatment of tonsillitis and predict the prognosis accurately we need to assess the patient’s immune status, for which serum iron and markers of anaemia can be used. This will be a novel and economical prognostic biomarker which can be embraced in the modern, evidence-based practice of otorhinolaryngology.

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confidence: 99%

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