Tonsillitis refers to the non-specific inflammation of the tonsils, divided into acute tonsillitis and chronic tonsillitis, acute tonsillitis is most often seen in adolescents between the ages of 10 and 30, chronic tonsillitis is mostly caused by the decline in resistance after acute tonsillitis, bacteria continue to multiply.
Acute and chronic causes are different
The main causative agent of acute tonsillitis is Streptococcus haemolyticus type B. It is divided into acute catarrhal tonsillitis and acute purulent tonsillitis, with the latter being more symptomatic. Acute tonsillitis is triggered by cold, humidity, excessive fatigue, excessive smoking and alcohol, and harmful gases. Acute tonsillitis without active treatment can lead to localized peri-tonsillar abscess, acute rhinitis, acute laryngobronchitis; in the whole body, it can lead to complications such as acute arthritis, rheumatic fever and acute nephritis due to immune response.
Chronic tonsillitis can easily form foci causing many serious diseases when the body is exposed to cold, humidity, general debility, endocrine disorders, autonomic nervous system dysregulation or poor living and working environment. Most patients with chronic tonsillitis have no obvious conscious symptoms.
Acute and chronic conditions are different
Acute tonsillitis is characterized by systemic symptoms, including fever, chills, poor appetite, fatigue and aching limbs, and local symptoms, while the latter includes sore throat, slurred speech and difficulty swallowing.
Chronic tonsillitis mainly manifests as pharyngeal discomfort, foreign body sensation in the throat, tingling sensation and bad breath.
What are the treatment methods for tonsillitis
1.Treatment of antibiotics
Antibiotic treatment of acute tonsillitis is effective, can quickly control the symptoms of the acute phase, but easy to repeat, and repeated use of antibiotics prone to drug resistance, and can damage liver and kidney function, reduce immunity, destroy the body’s normal flora.
2, the application of tablets
Tablet taste good, the patient is easy to accept, but if you often take tablets will make the germs produce resistance; easy to damage the normal oral bacteria, and make the normal oral flora dysbiosis caused by other oral diseases.
3.Tonsillectomy
With the recognition of the importance of the tonsils as an immune organ, modern medicine does not advocate the easy removal of tonsils, if removed will lose the barrier of the respiratory tract, which will affect the entire immune system, but for children with concurrent serious systemic diseases, surgery is not excluded.
4.Local external treatment method
There are many ways to treat tonsils locally, including tonsil crypt rinsing, tonsil drug injection, local branding, local spraying, laser treatment, etc. Although these methods can inhibit bacteria and clear the lesions, they are more painful, and among the local external treatment methods, Chinese herbal medicine is more popular among children.
The following points should be noted after treatment
1, bed rest, eat liquid and drink more water, strengthen nutrition, loosen the stool.
2, antibiotic treatment, penicillin drugs as the drug of choice, generally continue to use drugs for 5-7 days.
3, local use of mouthwash and gargling tablets.
4. Chronic tonsillitis does not require treatment, but for those with recurrent acute tonsillitis or those affecting other organs, surgery is required.