What is purulent tonsillitis all about? When the body’s resistance is suddenly reduced by cold, humidity, overwork, weakness, excessive smoking and alcohol, and stimulation of harmful gases, bacterial reproduction is strengthened, which in turn destroys the normal flora of the pharynx and causes purulent tonsillitis. Many people know that when the tonsils become septic, they are unable to swallow in mild cases and cannot speak in severe cases. What should be the treatment for tonsillar suppuration? The first common symptoms of purulent tonsillitis are 1. Purulent tonsillitis starts with headache and fever, aching limbs, loss of appetite, dryness in the throat, burning sensation or foreign body sensation, followed by pain in the throat, and gradually aggravated, so that swallowing is inconvenient, accompanied by nasal congestion and runny nose, or cough, hoarseness and other symptoms. 2, purulent tonsillitis with hemolytic streptococcal infection symptoms are more serious. The incubation period is about 3~4 days. Most sudden onset, patients feel general discomfort, chills and fever, body temperature can reach 38~40~C, or even more than 40℃, headache, aching limbs, severe sore throat, difficulty in swallowing, pain often radiates to the ear, often feel mucous phlegm in the throat is not easy to spit out, can be accompanied by swollen lymph nodes in the jaw angle pressure pain, and often accompanied by constipation and loss of appetite. Second, the treatment of tonsillar suppuration 1, general treatment Pay attention to rest, drink more water, pass stools, eat easily digestible and nutritious fluid or semi-liquid. Those with high fever and headache can take antipyretic and analgesic agents. The disease is contagious, patients should be properly isolated. Purulent tonsillitis is mostly a bacterial infection, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory is the main principle of treatment. In the past, penicillin was mostly preferred. In recent years, the pathogenic role of type L bacteria and anaerobic bacteria in tonsillitis has received widespread attention. type L bacteria have defective cell walls and have a different sensitivity to antibiotics than general bacteria. The pharmacological studies have shown that Yukomycins mainly act on the fine brain wall and can only inhibit general bacteria. type L bacteria are significantly resistant to penicillin. Erythromycin can inhibit the synthesis of proteins in the cytoplasm, but not easily through the cell wall, so the effect on L-type bacteria is stronger than the general bacteria. Amino II antibiotics and chloramphenicol are also effective against L-type bacteria, but the side effects are large and should be considered when using them. Methotrexate and Jatrorrhizine are sensitive to bacteria in anoxic environment. In critically ill patients, the synergistic effect of different antibiotics can be considered. Bacterial culture + drug sensitivity test to guide the use of drugs is more reasonable. 2.Local treatment Patients with tonsillar suppuration usually have bad breath, so you can choose drugs to gargle to remove bad breath, and take iodine throat tablets for anti-inflammatory and pain relief. 3.Chinese medicine treatment Chinese medicine believes that this disease is due to internal phlegm and heat, the lung and stomach do not quiet, external wind and fire, should dredge the style of heat, swelling and detoxification, commonly used Yin Qiao sweet orange soup or clear throat antiseptic soup. 4.Surgical treatment If a patient with tonsillar suppuration has recurrent episodes and will have complications, tonsillectomy should be considered.