Eating pain after tonsillectomy may be the result of not yet fully recovered from the operation, or it may be caused by too hard food or postoperative infection, postoperative infection can be treated with amoxicillin capsules, azithromycin and other drugs under the guidance of the doctor.
1. After tonsillectomy, local edema, eating may be painful to eat, can be advanced to eat fluids, soft food, follow the doctor’s instructions for postoperative treatment.
2. Food is too hard: after tonsillectomy, pseudomembrane will be formed in the tonsil fossa. When patients eat too hard food, it is easy to scrape the pseudomembrane, resulting in food directly stimulate the submucosal tissue pain, and may also lead to postoperative bleeding. After tonsillectomy, patients should pay attention to a light diet, such as soy milk, tofu, skimmed milk, eggs and so on.
3. Post-operative infection: Tonsillectomy pain after eating may also be caused by post-operative infection, you can take amoxicillin, cefuroxime, azithromycin and other drugs under the guidance of the doctor for treatment.
Tonsillectomy after eating pain there may be other reasons, need to go to the hospital immediately, under the guidance of the doctor to clarify the cause and treatment.