The number one reason that a child visits a physician is for an ear infection.  One of the most common chronic illnesses affecting teenagers is tonsillitis. If one parent has allergies, the chance that the child will have allergic disease is 48 percent, 70 percent if both parents do.

• If your child experiences frequent episodes of tonsillitis
• If your child snores loudly at night
• If your child has difficulty breathing or swallowing caused by enlarged tonsils
• If your child has an abscess around the tonsil
• If your child has one tonsil significantly larger than the other
• If your child has recurrent ear infections despite previous courses of antibiotics
• If your child has fluid that lasts more than three months with associated hearing loss
• If your child has signs of significant hearing loss

Dr. Scotch treats a wide range of Pediatric Ear, Nose and Throat disorders, including:

• Ear Infections: both medically and surgically (tubes)
• Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Chronic Tonsillar Disease
• Sinusitis and chronic runny nose
• Hearing Loss
• Tongue-tie
• Pediatric neck masses