{"id":12,"date":"2016-09-30T09:55:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T09:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drpromillabutani.com\/blog\/?p=12"},"modified":"2016-12-19T09:47:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T09:47:13","slug":"need-know-tonsils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drpromillabutani.com\/blog\/need-know-tonsils\/","title":{"rendered":"All you need to know about Tonsils"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Most of us know Tonsils as a throat disease. While, actually Tonsils are a part of our mouth at the back of our throat on both left and right side. Tonsils fight germs to prevent infection and keep your body healthy. But, when these tonsils catch infection from some bacteria or virus it causes \u2018Tonsillitis\u2019. So, here is a guide to deal with your kid\u2019s Tonsillitis by Dr. Promilla Butani, a<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drpromillabutani.com\/\">child care specialist in South Delhi<\/a><\/strong>. <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/drpromillabutani.com\/blog\/need-know-tonsils\/\"><!--more--><\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Symptoms of Tonsillitis<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tonsillitis is a common and very painful condition in kids. Children are more prone to it. It makes difficult for you to swallow or eat or drink due to following symptoms: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Sometimes, a pale white coating can be seen on the tonsils, which is a sign of infection.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">If you have Tonsillitis, your tonsils may have redness and will be swollen <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tonsillitis makes the glands in your neck become swollen<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Children usually catch fever if they are suffering from Tonsillitis<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tonsillitis causes bad breath<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tonsillitis is an irritating condition which makes your throat hurt bad. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Treatment <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A Pediatrician will do a thorough examination of your throat, take a look at the tonsils and check for other signs of infections. He\/she also examines your chest, nose and ears to check if they are infected too. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tonsillitis can be caused either by bacteria or virus. Streptococci is a type of bacteria that can be a reason for Tonsillitis and a strep test is done to check whether your tonsils are affected by Streptococci. Antibiotics can help kill this type of bacteria, but you should keep in mind that you follow the instructions and finish the prescription given by your doctor to completely kill the bacteria. Do not leave it halfway, even if you feel relieved. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">If the reason for your Tonsillitis is a virus, then antibiotics can\u2019t cure it. Your body naturally fights off the viruses. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In case of severe infection, pediatricians suggest an operation to remove a child\u2019s tonsils, mostly when the tonsils are so much swollen that make it difficult for the child to breathe. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The medical treatment for tonsillitis works fine in most of the cases but still it is important to keep in mind these following points to alleviate the pain and heal fast:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Maintain hygiene, specially wash your hands often so that you don\u2019t increase the infection further while eating or drinking. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Drink lots of liquids.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Pediatricians suggest that you consume smooth foods with mild flavors to lessen the irritation on your tonsils. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Soon your tonsils will be back in action and ready to fight germs again!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of us know Tonsils as a throat disease. While, actually Tonsils are a part of our mouth at the back of our throat on both left and right side. Tonsils fight germs to prevent infection and keep your body healthy. But, when these tonsils catch infection from some bacteria or virus it causes \u2018Tonsillitis\u2019. So, here is a guide to deal with your kid\u2019s Tonsillitis by Dr. Promilla Butani, a child care specialist in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drpromillabutani.com\/blog\/need-know-tonsils\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;All you need to know about Tonsils&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[20,23,24,7,3,26],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drpromillabutani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drpromillabutani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drpromillabutani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drpromillabutani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drpromillabutani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.drpromillabutani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53,"href":"https:\/\/www.drpromillabutani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions\/53"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drpromillabutani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drpromillabutani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drpromillabutani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drpromillabutani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}