What to do about enlarged tonsils in adults

Adult enlarged tonsils can be treated by medication, surgery and dietary modifications. 1. Medication: If acute inflammation leads to obvious pain and purulent secretion on the surface, which may be accompanied by fever and other symptoms, penicillin, cephalosporin and other antibiotics such as amoxicillin clavulanic acid potassium, cefuroxime and so on can be used. 2. Surgery: If chronic inflammation is caused by foreign body sensation in the pharynx, difficulty in swallowing or narrowing of the pharyngeal cavity, causing snoring and apnea, tonsillectomy can be performed. 3. Dietary adjustments: in daily life, we should pay attention to quit smoking and alcohol, some stimulating food as much as possible not to eat, to light food, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. It is recommended that if there are no obvious clinical symptoms, tonsil hypertrophy does not require special treatment, when uncomfortable symptoms can be timely to the hospital, according to the actual situation to choose a different treatment.