TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF PHOTOTHERAPY ON CHRONIC ADENOIDITIS IN CHILDREN

Relevance. Treatment of chronic adenoiditis (CHA) is an urgent problem of childhood rhinology. Medical and social significance is due to both the increase of up to 60% in the last decade of morbidity and the associated economic costs, and the role of the pharyngeal tonsil (PТ) in the formation of mucosal immunity, which protects not only the nasopharynx, but also the nasal mucosa, rhinotubar zone and paranasal sinuses [1,3].