Tonsil surgery is tonsillectomy, the cause of bleeding 5 days after surgery may be related to food irritation, coughing, strenuous activities, wound infection and other factors.
1. Food irritation: After surgery, you should have a liquid or semi-liquid diet, and you should not eat hard food, fried food, or overheated food for 2 weeks. If you eat nuts or spicy foods such as chili peppers after 5 days of surgery, it may stimulate the wound and cause secondary bleeding.
2. Coughing: after surgery, you should pay attention to bed rest, try to avoid crying, coughing, etc., violent coughing can lead to wound mucosal injury, which can also cause bleeding symptoms.
3. Strenuous activities: some patients may bleed a lot after 5 days of surgery due to strenuous activities, accelerated blood circulation and incomplete recovery of the trauma.
4. Infection of trauma: postoperative rinsing is not timely, no attention to oral hygiene, or postoperative anti-infection is not strong enough, can induce tonsil trauma infection, causing bleeding.
If you don’t pay attention to the care after tonsillectomy, it may lead to slower recovery, or even complications, therefore, it is recommended that patients follow the doctor’s instructions for diet, exercise and daily life, so as to avoid adverse reactions, affecting the recovery of the disease.