Tonsillitis is a common disease that I believe most of my friends are not unfamiliar with. The experience of many people is that after a cold or exertion, the throat begins to hurt, and then go to the hospital to check, often the doctor will tell you that you have “tonsillitis”.
Is “sore throat” the same as tonsillitis?
The actual fact is that you are going to be able to get a lot more than just a few of these. In fact, simply put, tonsillitis is a manifestation of pharyngeal inflammation, because there is a layer of lymphatic tissue under the mucous membrane of the throat that is resistant to germs, and the tonsils are a relative concentration of lymphatic tissue at the entrance of the throat, and the inflammation caused by germs stimulates symptoms such as redness, swelling, pain and even pus.
Why is this disease more “favored” by children?
The incidence of tonsillitis is significantly higher in children and adolescents than in adults because of the active proliferation of lymphatic tissues in the pharynx, and as I mentioned earlier, the tonsils, as lymphatic immune organs, have some protection against viral and bacterial invasion. I believe that not only parents of children, but also adult patients or medical professionals, may have concerns that tonsil removal will affect the body’s resistance.
How long does it take to get better after taking medicine for tonsillitis?
Tonsillitis attacks are most often accompanied by sore throat and high fever, but most people can recover in 3-7 days with medication, while a few people need 1-2 weeks.
The most important thing is that you can take medicine and get well, so why do you need surgery?
In the final analysis, it is a question of weighing the “pros” and “cons”. Not only surgery, even medicine, there will be side effects, do not because of the side effects of a long illness, this is obviously to put the cart before the horse, because of the small loss of big approach. First of all, we should be clear that the tonsils have an immune function, but their immune effect is limited. After the age of 16 to 18, with the gradual improvement of the body’s immunity, the tonsils of most people will gradually shrink and rarely become inflamed again, therefore, in the long run, removing the tonsils will not bring irreparable damage.
Secondly, because there are many small and deep depressions on the surface of the tonsils, we call them “tonsillar crypts”, which easily allow pathogenic bacteria to hide in them, and once the body’s resistance is low, the inflammation will return, and even induce nephritis, rheumatic endocarditis, arthritis, etc. in a few people because of recurrent inflammation. At this time, the tonsils are not only no longer the body’s “defender”, but have become a hidden “enemy”, and keeping him will only lead to endless problems.
Once again, in many teenagers and children, due to physiological hypertrophy of the tonsils, or repeated inflammatory stimulation of the swelling persists, causing snoring, inhalation difficulties, slurred words, etc., also need to be operated early, otherwise the child is prone to inattention, reduced learning efficiency, speech disorders and even mental illness.
These symptoms suggest surgery, please take a seat
1.Recurrent acute attacks of chronic tonsillitis, ≥4 times per year.
2.Persons with previous history of peri-tonsillar abscess.
3.Tonsils are excessively enlarged, preventing swallowing and whistling, leading to nutritional disorders or leading to obvious snoring and lack of oxygen in children.
4.Patients with rheumatic fever, arthritis, and rheumatic heart disease who are suspected to have tonsils as a focal point.
5.Patients with chronic exudative otitis media due to tonsils, hypertrophy of the proliferators, which affects the function of the eustachian tube and is ineffective by conservative treatment.
6.Unexplained long-term low-grade fever, and when there is chronic inflammation of the tonsils.
7.IgA nephropathy, when tonsils are considered as the focal point.
8, a variety of benign tonsil tumors, those who consider malignant tumors need to carefully select the program or comprehensive treatment.
In summary, tonsillitis is not a critical condition, and tonsillectomy is not a difficult surgery, the key is to correctly understand, correctly treated, clear in mind naturally do not need to be confused nervous.