What is the best treatment for tonsillitis in children?

Tonsillitis is a common disease and one of the most common diseases among children. If children suffer from tonsillitis but are not treated in time, it will affect their eating problems. If the treatment is improper or the care is not careful, it is easy to have repeated attacks. Parents are also eager to know what are the best treatments for tonsillitis. Let's learn about it together below.

1. Antibiotic treatment

Antibiotics are fast-acting in treating acute tonsillitis and can quickly control acute symptoms, but symptoms are prone to recurrence. Repeated use of antibiotics can easily lead to drug resistance, damage liver and kidney function, reduce immunity, and destroy the body's normal flora.

2. Application of lozenges

Lozenges have a good taste and are easily accepted by patients. However, if lozenges are taken frequently, (1) the bacteria may develop drug resistance; and (2) they may damage normal oral bacteria, causing an imbalance in the normal oral flora and leading to other oral diseases.

3. Tonsillectomy

As people become more aware of the importance of tonsils as an immune organ, modern medicine does not advocate the easy removal of tonsils. If they are removed, the respiratory barrier will be lost and the entire immune system of the human body will be affected. However, surgical treatment is not ruled out for children with concurrent serious systemic diseases.

4. Local external treatment

There are many methods for local treatment of tonsils, including tonsillar crypt washing, intra-tonsillar drug injection, local cautery, local spraying, laser treatment, etc. Although these methods can inhibit bacteria and clear lesions, they are relatively painful. Among the local external treatment methods, Chinese medicine external plaster therapy is more popular among children.

The above are some of the best treatments for tonsillitis in children. Professional doctors will weigh various factors such as the child's physical fitness, the degree of disease progression, and finally customize a treatment plan for the child. What parents need to pay attention to is to keep their children warm in daily life, and prevent them from catching cold or wearing too much and sweating in the wind, which may cause the disease.