Total cough after tonsillectomy may be related to tonsil wound stimulation; it may also be related to upper respiratory tract infection after surgery.
1. Inflammatory stimulation of the tonsil wound: the tonsil wound will grow a layer of white pseudomembrane after tonsil surgery, unfavorable gargling, poor oral hygiene and other triggers, may be induced by the wound infection, due to inflammatory stimulation, can lead to itchy throat, coughing symptoms. Need to strengthen gargling, prevention of infection, with cough medicine symptomatic treatment, follow the doctor’s instructions to use antibiotics and rehabilitation of new solution gargling and so on.
2. Tonsil trauma thread stimulation: tonsil postoperative trauma may be sutured suture, some cases use absorbable suture, some cases use non-absorbable suture. Suture irritation at the wound surface can also cause throat discomfort leading to coughing. Removing the sutures as soon as possible while the wound is healing can relieve the cough.
3. Upper respiratory tract infection: tonsil surgery is generally used general anesthesia, anesthesia tracheal intubation and intraoperative trauma irrigation and other triggering factors may induce upper respiratory tract infection, cough. It is necessary to improve the blood routine, lung CT and other tests, give anti-infection, cough, sputum and other symptomatic treatment. If necessary, improve the sputum bacterial culture to guide the use of antibiotics.
After tonsillectomy care and diet should follow the doctor’s instructions, if there is any discomfort, it is recommended to communicate with the doctor in a timely manner for targeted treatment.