Before moving on to the question of how to treat tonsillitis, you should understand what kind of disease it is and what it is related to. And also, why children often have complications with this lymphoid tissue. Knowledge will also be important and how to avoid the inflammatory process, which leads to serious consequences.
Inflammatory process
In Latin, used in medicine, the tonsils sound like tonsillae. This word gave the name of the disease - tonsillitis. Therefore, if you hear that your child has tonsillitis, know that this is inflammation of the tonsils. In common people, they are usually called glands, and their inflammation - angina.
The disease can occur in acute and chronic form. Both in the first and in the second case one can face the complications of , the process of which will be very difficult to stop. The affected glands lead to new, unnecessary health problems.
Bacterial pathogens of the disease are:
- of staphylococci;
- streptococci.
Symptoms and consequences
The first symptom to which attention should be paid is the high temperature. If the child talks, then he will complain of a sore throat and problems with swallowing, the kids are just being capricious.
On self-examination, parents can see red tonsils with thin blood veins. If the situation is neglected, they can see white pustules or milky plaque.
The throat passage becomes very narrow, which makes breathing difficult for children. As a consequence, the voice becomes hoarse, the speech causes pain, so should try not to talk .
It is strictly forbidden to indulge in self-treatment for inflammation of the tonsils. Tonsillitis has a lot of serious consequences that will affect your health.
- cardiovascular system disorders, complications, up to surgical intervention;
- malfunction of the urinary system, especially in the kidneys;
- problems with the digestive system;
- problems with the circulatory system.
In addition, when tonsils are inflamed, children often get high fever, which also causes irreparable damage to the growing body. Adults should remember that the body temperature above 38 ° C should be brought down .Remember, the more degrees of the body, the higher the risk. If you do not knock down the temperature, you can get:
- convulsions;
- fainting;
- dehydration;
- violation of some organs;
- irreversible disturbances of processes of brain activity.
Children should not only be protected, but also properly treated. At the first signs of replenishment on the tonsils should immediately seek medical attention, without waiting for the heat and its consequences.
Treatment for inflammation of the tonsils
You can not treat the child yourself, but you need to provide symptomatic treatment before the doctor comes.
Symptomatic Aid
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs( NSAIDs) that relieve pain, temperature and inflammation are well suited for this purpose. There are children's "Nurofen", "Ibuklin-junior", "Ibuprofen" for children. It will be necessary to carefully read the instructions, especially with the available contraindications. Admission should be a one-time before the arrival of a doctor, but only if the child is suffering from severe pain and high fever. If there are no such symptoms, taking the medicine is contraindicated.
Usually, NSAIDs are always present at the mom's in the medicine cabinet. For babies they are released in suspension, for older children - in tablets. The abuse of such treatment leads to serious gastroenterological problems.
Rinse
Before you go to a doctor or go to a medical facility, you can rinse the glands with various anti-inflammatory solutions.
How to make solutions:
- soda solution - 1 tsp.soda for 100 gr.warm water;
- brine.1 tsp.salt per 100 gr.warm water;
- eucalyptus solution. It will have to be done on a prescription on the package. With the same purpose they use chamomile, oregano, oak bark, thyme;
- solution of furacilin - 2 tablets per 100 gr.water.
As a popular treatment, you can use beetroot, it has antimicrobial and antibacterial properties. To do this, grate the beets on the grater, dilute the juice with 2 tbsp.l.water and give the children rinse the tonsils.
Rinse should be done slowly, each approach for at least 15 seconds. For young children, the mothers work the neck with a finger: needs to be wound around the index finger of the bandage and dipped in an antiseptic liquid, then remove from the glands. To the kid it is unpleasant and even it is sick, therefore to do all it is necessary very accurately, gently and quickly. If there is fear, it is better not to do at all, but to use aerosol.
Irrigation
For irrigation, you can use such aerosols as - "Ingalipt", "Miramistin", "Gexidine".The rest is contraindicated for children. Before irrigating the tonsils, you should carefully read the instructions for the use of this kind of treatment.
Special instructions
If the child began to complain at night just for pain, you can remove the symptoms, treat the throat and suffer until the morning. At high temperature, you need to call an ambulance. First, as mentioned above, children can be cramped, and secondly, the tonsils can swell and become hard to breathe. In such cases, the treatment will be as a first aid: relieving pain and heat with the above drugs.
Put a cool compress on the forehead. Wiping the children's bodies themselves is dangerous, cramps can begin from a temperature drop. And, then, until now did not come to a common opinion: what is possible, and what can not be wiped off the child. Then already heal the throat by treating it. Inflammation of the tonsils is a very dangerous disease, it should be treated responsibly and fully.
After the doctor arrives, will receive an antibacterial treatment. The course should be completed completely from 7 to 10 days, otherwise there will be no proper effect, you can only cause the bacteria to get used to the active substance of the drug. In this case, rinsing and irrigation are retained by as an additional exposure. It should be rinsed 7-10 times a day, irrigation is strictly by order. Older children use also absorbable pills. As an immunomodulating and stimulating treatment, you can take drugs such as "Imudon" or "Lizobakt", strictly according to the annotation recommendations and in consultation with the doctor.
Prevention
During the quarantine period, irrigate the tonsils with any of the above sprays before and after the street. Do not interfere and wearing a mask, as well as the use of quartz procedure after a working day. Since the infection is and through the nasal cavity, can use "oxolinic ointment" or "Interferon" drops , no more than 7 days.
At the usual time after the street, you can rinse the tonsils with herbs, soda or brine, water your nose, do this with a solution of sea salt. And, of course, children should always have clean hands.
Summary
It should be remembered that with untreated inflammation of the child's tonsils, not only the complications described above are expected, but the "lowering" of the inflammatory process is lower in the bronchopulmonary system, which leads to bronchitis and pneumonia. If you suppress the above symptoms in the throat at an early stage, there will be no consequences, so no need to treat anyone.
