What is the cause of tonsillitis in children? I recommend two treatment methods for tonsillitis in children.

Tonsillitis is a common disease in children and often occurs when the temperature changes significantly. Tonsillitis is one of the reasons why many babies cough. Let's take a look at the symptoms of tonsillitis in children.

Causes of tonsillitis in children

Group B Streptococcus is the main pathogen. Non-hemolytic streptococci, staphylococci, pneumococci, influenza bacilli and adenoviruses can also cause disease. Mixed bacterial and viral infections are also common. In recent years, anaerobic infections have also been discovered.

When certain factors reduce systemic or local resistance, pathogens usually exist in the mouth and tonsils of normal people and invade the body without causing disease, or the massive reproduction of existing bacteria can also cause disease. Colds, humidity, excessive fatigue, and inhalation of toxic gases such as carbon monoxide (CO) can all be triggers.

Children with malnutrition, rickets, indigestion, lack of exercise, and allergies are prone to tonsillitis due to their reduced body defense capabilities. Children with primary immunodeficiency or low acquired immune function and low ability to resist pathogenic microorganisms are more likely to suffer from acute tonsillitis.

Tonsillitis symptoms in children

Acuteness, aversion to cold, high fever up to 39~40°C, especially children may have convulsions, vomiting or drowsiness, loss of appetite, constipation and general body fatigue.

The pain in the throat is obvious, especially when swallowing. Severe ones can radiate to the ears. Children often cry because they can't swallow. If children have enlarged tonsils that affect their breathing, it will hinder their sleep and they will often wake up at night.

Red cheeks, bad breath, thick tongue coating, cervical lymph nodes, especially those at the mandibular angle, are often swollen and painful. White blood cells increase significantly. Different types of tonsillitis have different manifestations based on local examination.

What should I do if my baby has tonsillitis?

1. Conservative treatment: Effective antibiotics, such as penicillin and cephalosporin, are used for bacterial infections. Each attack should be treated with effective antibiotics for more than one week. Antiviral agents, such as ribavirin and interferon, are used for viral infections.

2. Surgical treatment: If acute tonsillitis recurs, especially if there are existing complications, tonsillectomy should be performed two weeks after the acute inflammation subsides. Surgical resection is an effective way to completely eliminate latent pathogens. Generally speaking, surgery is only performed after the age of 5. If the condition really requires timely surgery, it can also be performed at the age of 2-3. However, we should strictly grasp the indications for surgery.

Diet therapy for tonsillitis in children

1. Clematis tea

Acute tonsillitis.

Recipe: 60g fresh Clematis (or 30g dried)

Preparation method and usage: decoct the soup and extract the juice.

2. Senecio tea

Indications: respiratory tract infection, acute tonsillitis, acute enteritis, erysipelas, etc.

Recipe: 500 grams of Senecio.

Preparation and Usage: Chop the whole herb of Senecio radiata (dried) into fine powder, take 15g each time, brew with boiled water, and drink slowly instead of tea at any time.

3. Sophora flavescens and licorice tea

12g of Sophora flavescens and 12g of Licorice. Grind the above medicines into a coarse powder, put them into a teacup, pour in boiling water, cover and steep for 20 minutes, and drink instead of tea.

4. Cabbage root tea

1 cabbage, 3 white radishes, 1 cypress leaf (as big as your palm). Put the medicine in a casserole, add 750 ml of water, boil for 20 minutes, take the juice instead of tea, 1 dose a day, drink twice, and even drink it for 3-10 days to recover.