07-04-2014, 03:46 AM
Jim Hargrove Wrote:Greg R Parker Wrote:You would have a point, Jim, if I had said in EVERY SINGLE CASE they would grow back under the conditions I outlined. But I didn't say that, and the fact remains that it WAS more likely to happen back then than now. That is not my opinion. I posted the source. If you can refute the source, please do. A personal anecdote is hardly suffice, and would make DVP blush if attempting to get it past anyone.
OK, fine. From Australian Doctor (my emphasis):
The surgical removal of tonsils is often seen as a last resort for patients suffering recurrent or severe bouts of tonsillitis. For most, a tonsillectomy is the answer to the problem. But in rare cases, regrowth and reinfection of the tonsil tissue can occur.If this were the only evidence, perhaps we could accept it as a rare case. But there is also the vanishing mastoidectomy scar and the downright magically disappearing gunshot wound. This is becoming rare to a rather miraculous degree.
Jim, what you have posted doesn't address the issue. This doctor is referring to how it is now - not how it was back in the day.
I will repost this for about the third time:
There are certain factors that may make your tonsils more likely to grow back, such as if they are removed before the period of time when they would normally be growing has passed. Under normal circumstances, tonsils and adenoids tend to grow at a fairly steady rate until a person is about 8 years of age.
If you know someone whose tonsils have grown back, they probably had their tonsils removed many years ago. There was a period of time when the method used to remove the tonsils made it more likely for them to grow back. This method, which involved leaving the outer portion of the tonsils intact in order to reduce pain and decrease the risk of bleeding, is no longer used.
http://ent.about.com/od/entdisorderssu/f...ectomy.htm