Tonsillitis often affects children with malnutrition, indigestion, rickets, lack of exercise, and allergies, because these children have low body defenses and pathogens can easily enter. The children’s body defenses are lower and the pathogens are more likely to take advantage of the situation.
Children with this disease have an acute onset, and their symptoms vary in severity, generally manifesting as chills, high fever, body temperature up to 39℃-40℃, sore throat, especially when swallowing, and even painful reflection to the ear. It is also accompanied by loss of appetite or even refusal to eat, lack of energy, fatigue, headache and pain around the body, and young children may have convulsions due to high fever. Since the symptoms are very much like a cold, many parents may mistakenly give cold medicine to their children based on experience.
The conventional method of treating tonsillitis is antimicrobial therapy, with penicillin being the first choice and erythromycin and lincomycin for those with penicillin allergy. Pediatric experts point out that, considering that young children are in the growth and development period, the body functions have not yet developed, in order to avoid allergies, overdose and improper application of antibacterial drugs to the physical and mental health of children, and then in the young children to take drugs must follow medical advice to take. Daily care of the child is also extremely important. During the treatment process or after the condition has improved, it is important to keep the child’s mouth clean and to rinse it after eating; drink more water; eat a nutritious, light, soft and easily digestible diet; and engage in appropriate outdoor activities to enhance the child’s body immunity.