When a child complains of a sore throat, severe pain when swallowing, enlarged cervical glands, a heavily furred tongue, and mild rigors, the condition is known as acute tonsillitis.
Strepcoccus haemolyticus is the most common pathogenic organism, although streptococcus aures or streptococcus viridance may also be the exciting causes. Tonsillitis is frequently a precursor of a number of severe constitutional diseases such as scarlet fever, measles, rheumatic fever, acute nephritis, septicaemia, or acute mastoiditis.
SYMPTOMS OF ACUTE TONSILLITIS
Children between the ages of six and mid-teens are most frequently affected by tonsillitis, which has a number of common signs and symptoms.
- Red, swollen tonsils
- Tonsils may have a yellow, white, or reddish coating.
- Sore throat
- Difficult or painful swallowing
- Fever
- the neck’s lymph nodes, which are enlarged and tender
- a voice that is throaty, raspy, or scratchy
- Bad breath
- Stomachache
- neck stiffness or pain
- Headache
Tonsillitis symptoms in young children who cannot express their feelings include:
- difficulty swallowing or discomfort that causes drooling
- Refusal to eat
- Unusual fussiness
CAUSES OF ACUTE TONSILLITIS
Common viruses are most frequently to blame for tonsillitis, but bacterial infections can also be to blame.
Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus), the bacterium that causes strep throat, is the bacteria most frequently responsible for tonsillitis, though other strep strains and other bacteria may also be responsible.
RISK FACTORS OF ACUTE TONSILLITIS
Tonsillitis risk factors are as follows:
- Young age..
Frequent exposure to germs.
COMPLICATIONS OF ACUTE TONSILLITIS
Numerous or persistent tonsillitis (chronic tonsillitis) can result in tonsil inflammation or swelling, which can lead to complications like:
- Obstructive sleep apnea, or interrupted breathing while sleeping
- Tonsillar cellulitis is an infection that deeply infects the tissue around it.
- Peritonsillar abscess: An infection that causes a pus-filled mass behind the tonsil
Strep infection
Children who have tonsillitis brought on by group A streptococcus or another strain of the streptococcal bacteria are more likely to develop rare disorders like:
- A serious inflammatory disease known as rheumatic fever that can harm the skin, joints, heart, and nervous system
- Scarlet fever complications, a severe rash-accompanied streptococcal infection,
- Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis, an inflammation of the kidney
- An inflammatory condition that affects the joints is post-streptococcal reactive arthritis.
PREVENTION OF ACUTE TONSILLITIS
- After using the restroom and before consuming food, especially, wash his or her hands thoroughly and often.
- Keep utensils, water bottles, food, and drink from being shared.
- After receiving a tonsillitis diagnosis, change your toothbrush.
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT OF ACUTE TONSILLITIS
A throat swab should be used to identify the infection, and the patient should be advised to stay in bed and be given a liberal diet as in the case of a febrile condition. The diet should be such that swallowing should be comfortable for the patient. Echinacea angustifolia tincture should be given, along with a few drops of warm water to gargle with. As an alternative, dissolve an asprin in warm water to gargle with. This will ease the patient’s throat pain
BelladonnaWhen the tonsils have an energy-like appearance and a dry, glazed appearance, they are most helpful. When the right tonsil is affected, throbbing, congestive pain with difficulty swallowing, and a feeling of constriction in the throat are also present.
Mercurius bin iodatusormercurius iodatusrubrumUseful for treating infections of the left tonsil and tonsilar tissue.
Hepar sulphurisUseful for hoarseness with voice loss, impending suppuration, and pain in the throat that feels like splinters when you swallow.
Phytolacca decandraWhen the throat feels rough, narrow, and hot and the tonsils are swollen, this medicine is useful for dark, bluish-red tonsils and pains at the base of the tongue. It is also indicated when the patient cannot swallow anything hot.
Lachesis mutusWhen there is pain when swallowing liquids that extends up to the ears, when there is a choking sensation at the neck, or when there is a livid, purple-colored sore throat that is worse on the left side, these remedies can be helpful.
Lac caninum :-Useful when symptoms start at the beginning of menstruation and end with menstruation. There is Shining, glazed or porcelain white surface of the tonsils, which is useful for throat affection that is sensitive to touch and these symptoms keep changing side, going from left to right and vice versa.
Lycopodium clavatumUseful for tonsil ulcers, which are exacerbated by cold drinks, as well as when the sore throat first appears on the right side of the mouth.
Silicea terraTonsils are suppurating and swollen, and they develop very slowly. This is very helpful for pricking sensations like pins in the tonsils.
Baryta carbonica:- Helpful for sore tonsils and swollen submaxillary glands. Helpful for people who tend to catch colds quickly. Tonsils suppurate every time they catch a cold.
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