My son has adenoids since long. He is 10 years old now. He has stuffy nose, sneezes at times and sleeps with mouth open. Please let me know in what case the surgery becomes important. Also, at this age what should we be doing for him. Would they go itself. And can the enlarged adenoids harm him.

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