Patient's question:
Boy baby, just turned 5 months old. At first, he said his throat hurts. It was noticed that his cough is quite severe, and he also has a low fever. Please ask: How should a sore throat with tonsillitis be treated in children?Doctor's answer:
If a child gets tonsillitis, they can first take some symptomatic antibiotics. Additionally, local treatments can be performed, including tonsillar crypt irrigation, intratonsillar drug injection, laser therapy, etc. If the child has a sore throat, appropriate pain-relieving medication can be given. If the child has persistent fever that doesn't subside, oral antipyretics can be administered. If there are multiple acute severe episodes or complications have already developed, tonsillectomy is recommended two weeks after the acute inflammation subsides. While undergoing treatment, it's also important to arrange a light diet for the child and enhance nutritional supplementation to help them recover as soon as possible.