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What is tonsillitis?
• Tonsillitis defined as the redness, swelling, and pain in the tonsillar tissue due to infection by bacteria or virus.
• Tonsils are one of the tissues of the lymphatic system (part of the immune system of the body) which act as an indicator of infection.
• This condition is easily diagnosed.
Which age group is more affected due to this?
• Tonsillitis can occur in any age group but mainly it affects the school going children to adults.
• This condition rarely can affect infants and old age individuals especially above 50 years of age.
What are the types of tonsillitis?
There are four types of tonsillitis:
Parenchymatous tonsillitis
• In this type, the infection is confined to tonsillar mass.
• The appearance of this type of infected tonsil is uniformly enlarged and red.
Follicular tonsillitis
• In this type, the infection occurs in crypts of the tonsil, due to infection the crypts get filled with pus-like material.
• On examination, we will see the yellow spots.
Catarrhal tonsillitis or superficial tonsillitis
• In this type, the inflammation of tonsils occurs.
• The whole pharynx is infected as in cases of viral pharyngitis.
Acute membranous tonsillitis
• In this type of tonsillitis is the mature stage of follicular tonsillitis.
• In this type when the discharges from different crypts to form a membrane on the surface of tonsil.
What causes tonsillitis?
• The tonsils are the first line of Défense against illness.
• They produce white blood cells to help body fight infection.
• The tonsils are caused by bacteria and viruses that enter our body through the mouth.
• Tonsillitis infection is caused by Haemolytic Streptococcus bacteria.
• Some of the other bacteria’s which can cause tonsil infection are H. influenza or staphylococci pneumococci.
What is the sign and symptoms of tonsillitis?
• Sore throat.
• It is difficult to swallow the food due to pain in the throat.
• Fever can be an associated symptom.
• Headache.
• If infection travels up to the eustachian tube (ear) and can cause complication acute otitis media due to which pain in the ear is present.
• Constipation along with abdominal pain due to the association of mesenteric lymphadenitis.
• Weakness and debility.
• Coating of the tongue and offensive breath.
• On examination, the throat tonsils are seen red and swollen.
• Lymph nodes on the external neck especially jugulodigastric nodes are enlarged and painful.
How to investigate tonsillitis?
• The tonsillitis is detected by a doctor on examination of the throat.
• Complete blood cell count.
• Strep test
• White Blood Count
• Platelet count
• ESR
What are the complications of tonsillitis?
• Cervical abscess
• Pararpharyngeal abscess
• Chronic tonsillitis
• Acute otitis media
• Rheumatic fever
• Peritonsillar abscess
• Acute glomerulonephritis
• Subacute bacterial endocarditis
How to treat the case of tonsillitis?
• Antibiotics during the acute stage of infection.
• Anti- pyretics when fever is present (paracetamol).
• Penicillin and amoxicillin.
• Chronic cases treated with tonsillectomy.
• Warm salt water gargles also help.
What is the dietary management in case of tonsillitis?
• Adopt healthy eating habits.
• Wash the hands before eating to avoid infection.
• Cover the food products.
• The gargles are also helpful in this case to avoid progress of the infection.
Can homeopathy help in this case?
Yes, homeopathy can help in this case according to symptomatically. Some of the homeopathic medicines which can help in this condition. These are:
• Apis mellifica
• Sanguinaria
• Lachesis
• Baryta carb
• Kali – muriaticum
For more information, you can visit HealthLine and MayoClinic.
