The tonsils are a defense organ of the body and play an important role in preventing the invasion of germs. However, once the tonsils become inflamed, it is important to pay attention to them. Once the tonsils become a “disease du jour”, they are very dangerous and need to be diagnosed and treated in a timely manner. So do you need surgery to remove the tonsils after they become inflamed?
Ear, nose and throat experts point out that, in general, when children are 4-6 years old, the tonsils are often physiologically enlarged, so it is not advocated that the occasional inflammation or congestion and enlargement should be removed, but in the following cases should be considered for removal.
Removal of tonsils should be considered in the following cases
1, inflammation of the tonsils, belonging to the trap type, in the glandular fossa of the tonsils, there are often septic lesions, and drugs are not easy to work, and the bacteria and toxins in the lesions can cause heart, kidney, joint and other pathologies, this type of chronic tonsillitis will require surgery.
2.Tonsils are often enlarged, which hinders breathing and tone of voice.
3, often repeated inflammation, such as purulent tonsillitis, peri-tonsillar abscess, chronic pharyngitis, laryngitis, etc. affect the health of children.
4.Chronic tonsillitis causes diseases in nearby organs, such as otitis media and cervical lymphadenitis, etc.
5.Tonsil inflammation for many times, so that the low fever for a long time, can not find other reasons.
Food therapy for chronic tonsillitis
Chinese medicine calls this disease “false fire moth”. In this case, the nucleus of the larynx is enlarged and hard, without a history of inflammation, and is mostly caused by Qi and blood stagnation, which is called “stone moth”. This disease can be clinically divided into two types of evidence: deficiency of lung yin and deficiency of kidney yin.
Lung-Yin deficiency type, the symptoms include dry throat discomfort, slight pain, slight itching, dry cough without sputum or little sputum and sticky. Choking is unfavorable, the nucleus of the throat is enlarged, flushed, even and around, and there may be yellowish-white pus spots on the nucleus of the throat. The symptoms are usually obvious in the afternoon, and may include redness of the cheekbones in the afternoon, mental fatigue, heat in the hands and feet, weakness in speech, red or dry tongue with little moss, and fine pulse. The treatment is to nourish Yin and clear the lung, and to produce fluid and moisten dryness.
Kidney yin deficiency type, symptoms include dry throat with discomfort, slight pain, choking, dry mouth with no desire to drink, flushing of the larynx nucleus and the front and back of the larynx nucleus, yellowish white pus spots on the larynx nucleus. The whole body also has dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, insomnia, red tongue with little coating and thin pulse. Treatment is to nourish Yin and lower fire and clear the throat.
Formula 1, lily banana stew
Composition: 15 grams of lily, 2 peeled bananas, appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Usage: The above three flavors with water stew, serve.
Efficacy: nourish Yin and clear the lungs, moisten the dryness.
Treatment: chronic tonsillitis, lung yin deficiency type, dry throat discomfort, slightly painful, slightly itchy, in the cough without sputum or sputum is small and sticky. Choking unfavorable, laryngeal nucleus hypertrophy, or yellow-white pus spots. Red cheekbones in the afternoon, heat in the hands and feet, and weakness in speech.
Source: Zhu Yiguo, et al. Therapeutic Medicine. Beijing: People’s Military Medical Publishing House, 2001.
Formula 2: Lily soup
Ingredients: 20 grams of lily, 9 grams of mulberry leaves.
How to use: remove the clothing of lily, add the juice decocted from mulberry leaves, cooked as soup, eat 1 small bowl daily.
Effects: Nourishing Yin and clearing the lung, moistening the dryness.
Chronic tonsillitis, lung yin deficiency type, pharynx in the lift discomfort, slight pain, slight itching, throat nucleus hypertrophy, flushing, even and around, throat nucleus or yellow-white pus points. The symptoms are usually obvious in the afternoon, with a red or dry tongue with little coating.
Source: Shen Qingfa. Chinese Medicine Dietetics. Shanghai: Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Press, 2000.
Square 3, wolfberry pork stew
Composition: wolfberry 30 grams, pork 500 grams.
Usage: radish two flavors add seasoning stew, eat with meals.
Effect: Nourish Yin and lower fire, clear the throat.
Treatment: Chronic tonsillitis, kidney yin deficiency loss type, throat dryness and discomfort, slight pain, throat nucleus and throat nucleus before and after the flush, throat nucleus or yellow-white pus spots. Dizziness and dizziness, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, insomnia.