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[|Human|] hi, my 3.5 year old son has enlarged adenoids. He has difficulty breathing at night as he struggles to breath through the nose and holds his breath in a lot. its so distressing. GP prescribed a steroidal nasal spray thats not helping much and obviously surgery is to be avoided as he s too young. please help!!
[|AI|]  HI...this is an upper airway resistance syn Chat Doctor.  I agree that it should be very hard for you to see the kid suffering like this. But the steroids will take at least 6-8 weeks to show some beneficial effect. If even after this - there is no effect, you can consider other options like surgery. Your GP has done a good and job and I suggest you wait for the response if it is not 8 weeks yet or consider other options if it is more than 8 weeks of steroid nasal spray. Regards -