Tonsillitis

Tonsillitis is one of the common diseases in upper respiratory tract infections, especially in children. If acute or chronic tonsillitis is not detected, timely treatment will cause serious complications.
Reason
Tonsils are a two-volume lymphoid organization located on the side of the throat. Tonsils have an immune function, producing antibodies and lymphocytes, which help increase the ability of the nose and throat to resist viruses, bacteria that cause disease. When it comes to tonsillitis, it means that the tonsils are damaged: The surface is bright red, has white pus, has pus

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The cause of the disease is infection with streptococcal bacteria, staphylococci .



. or due to respiratory viruses; caused by favorable factors such as: sudden change of weather, cold food; due to environmental pollution factors: dust, car exhaust, cigarette smoke; due to alcohol or good chemicals
Symptom
Tonsils are classified into two types: acute and chronic tonsillitis, with very different manifestations.
- Acute tonsillitis
Manifestations: Patients feel tired, anorexia, fever as high as 390 - 400C, sore throat, dry throat, burning, hot, swallowing saliva also feel pain, cough, sometimes coughing episodes. Especially in children often wheeze, snore loudly. In some cases, the patient has very bad breath.
- Chronic tonsillitis
Patients with chronic tonsillitis often do not have severe symptoms such as acute tonsils, but only a feeling of tingling, throbbing in the throat, sometimes swallowing feeling entangled, painful like an object.
Treatment
Tonsillitis can cause otitis media, sinusitis, laryngitis and bronchitis Remote complications: Tonsillitis also causes very dangerous complications such as rheumatism, arthritis, glomerulonephritis.



Therefore, when tonsillitis, patients need to go to the hospital to be treated by specialists or designated tonsillectomy if necessary.
Tonsil only cut in the following cases:
- When there are many acute tonsillitis (from 5-6 times) in a year.
- When tonsillitis causes complications such as otitis media, sinusitis or serious complications such as: rheumatic heart, arthritis, glomerulonephritis.
- In case, although there is no inflammation, the tonsils are too big in size, obstructing the child's eating, drinking and breathing.
Children under 5 years old and adults over 45 years old should limit tonsillectomy. For children under 5 years old, it should be carefully considered because cutting can affect a child's immunity. As for people over 45 years old, tonsillectomy is prone to bleeding due to adhesion tonsils, or there are other accompanying diseases such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes ..



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Prevention
Limit cold foods. Regularly maintain oral hygiene, gargle with diluted salt water, especially during pandemic influenza, dengue fever ... Avoid smoking, exposure to tobacco smoke, especially pregnant women and children. Diet full of nutrition, plenty of fruits, vitamin C to improve health, enhance resistance.
When exposed to polluted environments with a lot of smoke and dust, a mask to cover the nose and mouth to limit dust from entering the nose and throat.



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