trying to avoid pediatric adenoidectomy

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Hello Smart Colleagues:

 

I have a potential patient who is 9 years old and hoping to avoid

having his adenoids removed. His MD has diagnosed him with sleep

apnea and is recommending the surgery. His mom concurs that the sleep

deprivation is probably what is slowing down his performance at

school, etc. but would like to try acupuncture first. I haven't seen

him yet, but would love to hear how effective any of you have found

TCM treatments to be for this. Any protocols or potential differential

diagnoses to keep in mind for the first visit, etc.? (we didn't get

much in the way of pediatrics at our school and I'm just starting out...)

 

Many thanks in advance,

Julia Carpenter, LAc

Berkeley, CA