Tonsillitis is a relatively common disease. The tonsils are located inside the mouth. Many reasons may cause tonsil inflammation. Sometimes improper diet may irritate the tonsils and cause inflammation. Timely treatment is required to avoid causing inflammation. Other diseases, what are the symptoms of tonsillitis? How to treat tonsillitis?

1. Symptoms of acute attack period

(1) Systemic symptoms

The onset is acute and chilly, and the high fever can reach 39~40℃, especially in young children. Convulsions, vomiting or lethargy, loss of appetite, constipation, and general soreness due to high fever.

(2) Local symptoms

The sore throat is obvious, especially when swallowing. Severe pain can radiate to the ears. Young children often cry and become upset because they cannot swallow. If a child's breathing is affected by enlarged tonsils, it can hinder his sleep and often wake him up at night.

2. Symptoms of chronic tonsillitis

(1) Recurrent sore throat

Whenever you encounter a cold, cold, fatigue, poor sleep, or smoking or alcohol After stimulation, sore throat occurs, along with pharyngeal discomfort and congestion.

(2) Bad breath

The reproduction and growth of bacteria in the tonsils and the purulent embolism remaining in the tonsils can often cause bad breath.

(3) Dysphagia

Swollen tonsils. Enlarged tonsils can make it difficult to swallow, slurred speech, poor breathing, or snoring during sleep.

(4) Systemic manifestations

Bacteria and pus in tonsils often enter the digestive tract with swallowing, causing indigestion. If bacterial toxins enter the body, symptoms such as headache, weakness in the limbs, easy fatigue, or low fever may occur.

3. How to treat tonsillitis

(1) General treatment

(1) Keep your mouth clean, brush your teeth before going to bed every day, rinse your mouth after meals, and Reduces the chance of bacterial infection in the mouth.

(2) For gargling, iodine-containing tablets can be used, 1 to 2 tablets each time, 3 to 4 times a day. Rinsing your mouth with light salt water is simple and convenient. You can take a cup of warm water and add a little salt after meals and before going to bed. As long as it tastes salty, rinse your mouth repeatedly for about 5 minutes each time.

(3) Drug treatment, use immunity-enhancing drugs. If it is streptococcal infection, long-acting penicillin can be used.

(4) Strengthen physical exercise to enhance physical fitness and disease resistance. Surgical therapy should be used when conservative treatment fails.

(2) Principles of surgical treatment

(1) Excessive tonsil hypertrophy, hindering breathing and swallowing.

(2) Recurrent acute attacks, more than 4 to 5 times a year, with a history of peritonsillar abscess.

(3) Those who have long-term low-grade fever and no other pathological changes except tonsillitis during systemic examination.

(4) Nephritis, rheumatism and other diseases caused by tonsillitis should undergo elective surgery under the guidance of a doctor.

4. How to prevent tonsillitis

1. Patients with chronic tonsillitis should develop good living habits, ensure adequate sleep time, and change clothes in time as the weather changes. Keep exercising to improve the body's ability to resist disease.

2. Acute inflammation of tonsils should be cured completely to avoid becoming chronic inflammation.

3. Prevent and treat various infectious diseases.