Painful detachment of the white membrane of the tonsils

After tonsil surgery, a layer of pseudomembrane will be formed in the tonsil fossa, and it will gradually start to fall off in the 5th-6th days after surgery. During the time of falling off, the patient may have a certain degree of pain, and sometimes a small amount of bleeding, and there will be obvious discomfort when eating, especially when eating salty food irritation will be particularly strong. Therefore, it is recommended that patients in the period of white membrane shedding, must pay attention to oral hygiene, strengthen gargling, promote the growth of the inner submucosal tissue healing, must not let the white membrane infection, which is particularly likely to lead to early shedding of the white membrane, causing postoperative hemorrhage, which will exacerbate the condition, is not conducive to the recovery of the postoperative period. If the pain is more obvious when swallowing, you can consider taking oral pain medication to relieve it.