What to do if your tonsils are inflamed and it hurts to swallow?

Inflammation of the tonsils swallowing saliva are painful, belong to the common symptoms of this disease, need to standardize the treatment, often take the general treatment, the application of antibiotics, local treatment, traditional Chinese medicine treatment to control the disease, improve the symptoms. 1. General therapy: this disease is infectious, so patients should be properly isolated. Bed rest, fluid diet and drink more water, strengthen nutrition and evacuation of bowels, sore throat or high fever, oral antipyretic and analgesic drugs, such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen. 2. Reasonable application of antibiotics: as the main treatment, penicillin is preferred, and the route of administration should be decided according to the severity of the disease. If the condition does not improve after 2-3 days of treatment and the fever does not go away, the cause should be analyzed and other kinds of antibiotics should be used. Or use glucocorticoids such as dexamethasone and prednisone as appropriate. 3. Local treatment: commonly used compound borax solution, compound chlorhexidine gargle, 1:5000 furacilin liquid gargle or other gargle with antibacterial effect. 4. Traditional Chinese medicine: Chinese medicine theory believes that this disease is internal phlegm heat, external wind and fire, wind should be clearing heat, swelling and detoxification. Commonly used Yin Qiao Citrus soup or clear the throat antiseptic soup. Inflammation of the tonsils, need to actively seek medical attention, systematic examination to clarify the diagnosis, follow the doctor’s instructions standardized treatment.