When to give children tonsillectomy and how to care

Inflammation of the tonsils and tonsils is a disease that has the ability to recur many times, even becoming a potential bacterial reservoir, ready to erupt at any time and lead to more dangerous complications. In some cases, the appointment of VA curettage, tonsillectomy is absolutely necessary. Questions like “how to remove tonsils? Should tonsils be removed? Or should large tonsils be cut?” many people are interested in
Should tonsils be removed? Tonsillectomy is the removal of tonsils when they are no longer useful to the body. For example, in children with persistent chronic tonsillitis, whether enlarged tonsils should be removed, the answer is Yes. Because these cases all cause complications and seriously affect the quality of life of patients. In fact, the promotion of tonsillectomy is very limited because this organ has many benefits for the body.
How to remove tonsils? Before removing tonsils, doctors need to coordinate with parents to work on thinking and create psychological comfort for children, can choose anesthesia or local anesthesia to reduce pain during surgery. Cases in which children are indicated for tonsillectomy:
When tonsillitis from 5 - 6 acute episodes within a year or chronic tonsillitis persists, has had active medical treatment for 4-6 weeks but the patient is still sore throat, swollen lymph nodes in the neck,... When tonsillitis is accompanied by various complications such as sinusitis, otitis media or peritonsillar abscess, parapharyngeal abscess, infection behind the throat, cellulitis, inflammation injection muscle, arthritis, glomerulonephritis,... When the tonsils are too large, they interfere with eating and breathing activities, causing snoring, sleep apnea or repeated infections. When many nooks and crannies of the tonsils contain secretions that cause bad breath, the child is choking or a malignancy is suspected. The period after tonsillectomy surgery, the wound is still very sensitive, so parents must pay attention to the diet to help the child get well quickly. Children should eat soft, liquid foods such as porridge, soup. Especially, children must drink a lot of filtered water, oresol water to avoid dehydration. Limit hard foods that can cause friction to affect the wound. Milk and dairy products should also be limited because they are easy to stagnate in the ears, nose, and throat. The child should be taken to the doctor immediately if the child has the following signs:
The child has a high fever above 39 degrees Celsius, does not respond to fever-reducing paracetamol; Vomiting profusely, pain increases; Children stop eating completely; Severe bleeding from the mouth or nose or vomiting blood; sore throat that is severe and does not respond to medication within 48 to 72 hours; Children lose their voice. The tonsillectomy is related to the following problems:
Children's resistance after tonsillectomy When the tonsils are completely cleaned, the child is not at risk of recurrence of the disease. However, children can still get sore throat, nasopharyngitis, ... with similar symptoms.