Symptoms Of Tonsillitis

Tonsillitis - a type of acute inflammation of the tonsils (those that are colloquially called "glands"). They are located on each side of the entrance to the throat and are clearly visible if you look into her open mouth. On scientific inflammation of the tonsils is called tonsillitis and sore throat - only his form, which is an acute inflammation caused by a single microbe (beta-hemolytic group A streptococcus - his full name). This increased attention to a single form of tonsillitis is caused by the fact that angina often occurs very hard and gives dangerous complications (including death!).

The first symptoms of tonsillitis associated with inflammatory response to mucosa of the soft palate, uvula, tonsils - redness, swelling, a sore throat. This period is called catarrhal sore throats.

Symptoms of tonsillitis - pain in the throat, especially when swallowing, fever (39-40 degrees, can reach up to 41 degrees), severe weakness, headache, lymph nodes, which are palpated under the mandible close to the neck (their probing painful). Children (especially young) and is characterized by more symptoms: refusal to eat, drooling (it is because it hurts to swallow), children cannot decompress the teeth (this is called lockjaw masticatory muscles). If you can see the tonsils, they look like this: red, covered with a purulent coating (white and yellow) - the so-called lacunar tonsillitis - or, as it were packed with pale yellow bubbles, like grains of rice symptoms of tonsillitis.

The most dangerous complications of sore throat:

in the early stages - abscesses in the throat (the formation of large cavities, filled with pus), the spread of infection in the chest, the cranial cavity with the development of inflammation of the meninges (meningitis), an infectious-toxic shock syndrome (poisoning of the body products, and microbial decay of body tissues), sepsis ("blood poisoning", i.e. the penetration of infection into the bloodstream and spread throughout the body);

In the later stages (2-4 weeks) - rheumatic (connective tissue disease with involvement of the joints, heart, brain), glomerulonephritis (kidney inflammation of noninfectious origin, leading to serious health problems, even kidney failure).

From this short list of complications that needed to treat a sore throat is not just necessary, but is strictly required! Angina treated with antibiotics, which must appoint a physician.

Another important feature - the sore throat is contagious, so patients should be isolated, do not let him children and the elderly, he should have his own dishes, which is the period of the disease no one should use it.

Tonsillitis is one of the common problems that may develop over a period of time or it may appear suddenly. The symptoms of tonsillitis are usually associated with the knowledge of whether the tonsillitis is mild or it is extremely severe.

The first step of identifying tonsillitis is that the tonsils will be affected to a great extent being completely red in color and will be swollen. Tonsillitis is classified into two forms which are acute tonsillitis or chronic tonsillitis. The acute symptoms of tonsillitis would be great pain that is faced during swallowing of food or swallowing of any particle. This may also be accompanied with a pain in the ears and also headache resulting in the individual having a high fever. As swallowing of food becomes a problem the person may lose their appetite and result in stomach ache and weakness may creep in the body because of the loss of appetite. Sometimes the person may also vomit all the food particles which are swallowed because of the irritation that is caused during the swollen tonsils. Some of the major symptoms of tonsillitis would be noticed when the individual starts facing problems during speaking as the voice gets impaired to a great extent and sometimes the person also has breathing problems due to the enlarged tonsils. The lymph nodes grow in size near the neck due to the production of cells for fighting with the problem of tonsillitis and the tonsils are usually covered with a yellow or a gray colored fluid enlarging the tonsils to a great extent. The chronic tonsillitis is when the infection keeps on repeating itself for quite a number of times. And due to the infection being repeated so many numbers of times it results in the formation of small packets near the tonsils which is actually the storehouse of the bacteria which is causing it. There are different stones which are present in those packets which have a foul smell as it contains high concentrations of sulfa and when these stones are broken usually because a lot of bad smell in their mouth and it forms a source of constant irritation in the throat of the people suffering from chronic tonsillitis.

There are many medications which are given by doctors for the problems associated with tonsillitis but there are many people who try out different home remedies to rectify the problem of tonsillitis such as the salt water gargles which is quite effective.