Symptoms and Chinese medicine treatment of viral tonsillitis in children

Tonsillitis is a very common upper respiratory tract infection in daily life. However, due to the lower resistance of children, the chance of suffering from tonsillitis is much higher than that of adults. Tonsillitis in children is generally caused by a viral infection, which develops rapidly and is accompanied by symptoms such as high fever and sore throat. So today we will learn about the symptoms and Chinese medicine treatments of viral tonsillitis in children.

Viral tonsillitis refers to inflammation of the tonsils caused by a viral infection. If caused by a virus, local and systemic symptoms are mild, the tonsils are congested, and there is no exudate on the surface. Symptoms caused by bacteria are more severe and the onset is more rapid. There may be chills and high fever, and the body temperature can reach 39~40℃. Young children may have convulsions due to high fever. The throat pain is obvious, especially when swallowing, and may even radiate to the ears. The course of the disease is about 7 days.

The tonsillitis that the baby suffers from is also called viral tonsillitis. When the baby develops tonsillitis due to viral infection, he or she often has symptoms such as headache, fever, crying, weakness in the limbs, and loss of appetite. Tonsillitis in babies can be divided into two types: acute and chronic. Acute tonsillitis develops faster, and sometimes within a few hours, the baby will have fever and feel uncomfortable all over. Chronic tonsillitis generally develops slowly, often with a feeling of foreign matter in the throat or itching and discomfort a few days before. It becomes very serious a few days later, accompanied by symptoms such as pain and difficulty swallowing.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the throat is the gateway to the lungs and stomach. When exogenous pathogens invade and accumulate in the throat, symptoms of wind-heat such as sore throat, cough, fever, and bitter taste in the mouth will appear. If they are not relieved in time, it will easily lead to excessive heat in the lungs and stomach, with congestion and swelling of the tonsils, secretions on the surface, and they may even fuse into one piece, and the submandibular lymph nodes will be swollen and tender, with yellow tongue coating and rapid pulse. At this time, the treatment should first focus on dispelling wind, clearing heat and relieving sore throat, which can be treated with Qingyan Lige Decoction; if external evil invades the interior and the heat symptoms increase, Wuwei Xiaodu Yin and Huanglian Jiedu Decoction can be used as the main treatment. According to the condition of the disease, each prescription of Chinese medicine contains 2 decoctions, with 1 decoction as one unit, and 3-5 decoctions can be taken daily. Be careful to take the medicine slowly and appropriately prolong the time the medicine stays in the oropharynx. Note that it should not be taken on an empty stomach. It is best to take it 10-15 minutes after a meal.

Through the above introduction, we know the symptoms and Chinese medicine treatments of viral tonsillitis in children. Therefore, in daily life, once a child is infected with viral tonsillitis, he or she must be taken to the hospital for examination in time to avoid secondary damage to the child caused by the high fever caused by tonsillitis. At the same time, you can also decoct the Chinese medicine for your child according to the Chinese medicine recipe introduced above.