Tonsillitis in 5-year-old children need to first clarify the cause of the disease, and then according to the specific circumstances of the choice of drug treatment or surgical treatment.
1. Acute tonsillitis: symptoms of severe sore throat, often radiating to the ear, in addition to dysphagia, chills, high fever and general malaise and other symptoms, some children can be high fever convulsions.
First of all, we need to improve the etiological examination, if the bacterial infection, we should choose sensitive antibiotics for treatment, such as azithromycin, penicillin, erythromycin, etc.; if the viral infection, you can take acyclovir, ganciclovir and so on.
2. Chronic tonsillitis: children often have a sore throat, easy to catch a cold and a history of acute tonsillitis attacks, which can be accompanied by dry, itchy throat and irritating cough and other symptoms. If chronic inflammation repeated stimulation, and long-term medication is not effective, according to the condition of the tonsil under general anesthesia, such as tonsil stripping surgery treatment.
If the child occurs tonsil inflammation, need to go to the hospital in time, and need to follow the doctor’s instructions for medication and treatment, so as not to cause adverse effects.