Tonsillitis is the infection or inflammation of the tonsils. It is roughly estimated that nearly 7.5% of the populace suffering from recurrent Tonsillitis, and the frequency of the same is about every 3 months once. It is most common in school-going children and occurs mostly during the winter seasons.
Causes of tonsillitis
The main causes of tonsillitis are persistent colds, viral, and bacterial infections, and allergies. If the cause is the bacteria Streptococcus A, then the disease is termed Strep Throat.
Symptoms of tonsillitis
The main signs and symptoms of tonsillitis are body ache, fever, general weakness, sore throat, red swollen tonsils; bad breathing and stomach pain mainly in children, difficulty in swallowing food or liquids, white pus-filled spots on the tonsils, and inflammation in the lymph nodes on the neck.
Treatment for tonsillitis
Gargling using hot salt water is the best remedy; along with this, the patient can also take mild analgesics. On repeated infections of the tonsils in a person then the ENT specialist may advise Tonsillectomy. As far as the condition of ‘Strep throat’ is concerned, our ENT Doctors in Coimbatore generally prescribe oral medication of penicillin, and if the patient is allergic to penicillin, then doctors might advise equivalent substitutes such as ‘Cephalosporin’. Our ENT Hospital in Coimbatore is featured with world-class infrastructure to diagnose and treat throat disorders of all conditions.
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