Can you eat watermelon if your tonsils are abscessed?

Pus in the tonsils, i.e. purulent tonsillitis, can eat watermelon in moderation. Diet try to avoid cold and spicy food to reduce the irritation of the pharynx.
Purulent tonsillitis usually refers to acute purulent tonsillitis, which is an acute purulent inflammation of the palatal tonsils caused by bacterial or viral microbial infections, with systemic symptoms such as high fever, chills and local symptoms such as severe sore throat, often accompanied by reflex earache, enlarged mandibular lymph nodes, tenderness and other symptoms.
Dietary attention should be paid to drinking more water and keeping the bowels clear. Limit tobacco and alcohol, and try to avoid cold, spicy and stimulating foods to reduce the stimulation of the pharynx, so as not to cause aggravation of the condition.
Watermelon contains more water, appropriate consumption can moisturize the mucous membrane of the pharynx, increase the amount of urine, appropriate consumption of purulent tonsillitis has certain benefits. But watermelon from the Chinese medicine point of view belongs to the cold food, should avoid eating a lot. So as not to cause abdominal pain, diarrhea and other digestive discomforts.
Watermelon is a food and does not have the therapeutic effect of medicine. Tonsil suppuration should be actively under the guidance of the doctor standardized treatment, so as not to delay the condition, other complications.