How to treat acute tonsillitis in children?

Acute tonsillitis in children is one of the common diseases in children. It is caused by bacterial infection and has a certain degree of infectiousness. Children often have high fever, cold body, weakness in the limbs, fatigue, etc. The disease progresses rapidly and has a certain impact on the child’s healthy development. Children with acute tonsillitis need timely treatment so that the child can quickly recover to a healthy state. So how to treat acute tonsillitis in children?

General treatment includes bed rest, liquid diet and drinking plenty of water, strengthening nutrition and clearing bowel movements. When sore throat or high fever occurs, oral antipyretics and analgesics can be taken. Because the disease is contagious, patients must be isolated.

Antibiotics are the main treatment method. Penicillin should be the antibiotic of choice, and the route of administration should be determined based on the severity of the disease. If the condition does not improve after 2-3 days of treatment, the cause must be analyzed and other types of antibiotics should be used instead. If conditions permit, antibiotics can be used based on drug sensitivity tests after the pathogen is confirmed.

For local treatment, compound borax solution, Koutai (compound chlorethidine mouthwash) or 1:5,000 furacillin solution is commonly used for mouthwash.

According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, this disease is caused by internal phlegm and heat, unclear lungs and stomach, and external wind and fire. It should be treated by dispersing wind and heat, reducing swelling and detoxifying. Yinqiao Ganjue Decoction or Qingyan Fangfu Decoction is commonly used. Acupuncture therapy is effective in relieving pain and relieving fever, and the acupoints used are Hegu and Quchi. For those with severe pain and high fever, Shaoshang can be punctured.

Surgical treatment: If acute tonsillitis recurs multiple times, especially if there are complications, tonsillectomy should be performed two weeks after the acute inflammation subsides.

The above are several treatments for acute tonsillitis in children. You can choose the appropriate treatment method according to the degree of development of the child's disease. In addition, parents should pay more attention to adding or removing clothes for children in time in weather with large temperature differences, pay attention to children's hygiene, prevent diseases from entering the body through the mouth, and let children participate in more outdoor sports to enhance their physical fitness.