Makarenko S. Patterns of psychic disorders in children with chronic tonsillogenic intoxication

Based on study of clinical polymorphism and structure of non-psychotic psychic disorders in children and teenagers against the background of chronic tonsillogenic intoxication developed was the system of their diagnosis and treatment. In the patients found were non-psychotic psychiatric disorders as follows: organic emotional and labile (31/8%), unsocialized behavioral (28.3%), combined disorder associated with anxiety and depression (21.2%), hyperkinetic disorder (18.6%). Investigated were such psychopathological comorbidity disorders as syndrome of transitory tics and hyperkinesias (14.1%), psychosensorial disorder (7%), speech disturbance in the form of stammering (6.2%). Proved was the reliability of employed microbiological, electroencephalographic and immunologic techniques for diagnosis of non-psychotic psychic disorders in children and teenagers with chronic tonsillogenic intoxication. Combined antibacterial and immunomodulating therapy with standard schemes of psychotropic medication appearedto be the most successful therapeutic tactics. Suggested was the system of diagnostic tactics and medical care of children and teenagers with non-psychotic psychiatric disorders and chronic tonsillogenic intoxication that contributed to the early case detection and differentiated treatment.