What to do if lymph nodes are swollen due to tonsillitis

Tonsillitis is a type of upper respiratory tract infection that causes enlarged lymph nodes in the head and neck. By actively treating tonsillitis, the swollen lymph nodes can become smaller or normal. Acute tonsillitis is mainly an infection caused by Streptococcus b haemolyticus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus, etc. Penicillin and cephalosporin antibiotics, such as amoxicillin, cefdinir, cefprozil, cefixime, are preferred for oral use. If the treatment is not effective, you can choose intravenous infusion treatment, at the same time can be used with anti-inflammatory and anti-swelling Chinese medicine preparations, such as Pu Di Lan anti-inflammatory tablets, Niu Huang detoxification tablets, etc. Pay attention to diet, avoid, spicy stimulating, too oily, too sweet, too salty food, ensure sufficient sleep, improve the body’s immunity, if necessary, you can use hormone anti-inflammatory and anti-swelling treatment. If repeated inflammation of the tonsils causes chronic lymph node enlargement and the lymph node enlargement is more obvious, you can choose surgery to remove it and send it for pathological examination.