What are the signs of tonsillitis?
Patient's Query
Hi doctor,
My 15 year old daughter always gets sick. When I take her to the doctor, every time he used to say it as viral infection. This is the fifth time in a year she has been sick with the same symptoms. Her symptoms are cough, low fever, sore throat and yellowish white colored mucus covering her tonsils and back of throat. Are these the signs of tonsil infection? Should her tonsils get removed?
1. Eating more chocolates or ice creams.
2. Dental and oral hygiene.Hi,
Welcome to icliniq.com. Let me first enlighten you about tonsils. Tonsils are a pair of soft tissues located on either side of your pharynx. They are lymphoid tissue and play an important role in immune system to fight infections and act as first line defense for throat infections. It could be caused due to eating more chocolates or ice creams or poor dental oral hygiene.Active infection of tonsil is known as tonsillitis. Indications for tonsillectomy or removal of tonsils are, recurrent sore throat or Strep throat, swollen tonsils leading to difficulty in breathing, eating difficulty, sleep difficulty, or snoring that it obstructive sleep apnea. I would recommend you to go for throat swab and culture to rule out Streptococcus infection. If culture is positive then I suggest Tablet Amoxicillin 625 mg twice daily or tablet Amoxicillin 500 mg thrice daily for 10 days. Consult your specialist doctor, discuss with him or her and take the medicine with consent.Maintain good oral hygiene and take nutritious food to improve her immunity.No high carb diets like ice creams and chocolates. Repeated salt water gargling.
Same symptoms don't mean you have the same problem. Consult a doctor now!
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