Sometimes it happens that in the evening you go to bed, and in the morning you wake up with a terrible pain in your throat, temperature and general intoxication - strong weakness, headache, lack of appetite. All these are symptoms of bacterial tonsillitis. Tonsillitis is an infectious disease of the throat accompanied by inflammation of the palatine tonsils. Bacterial tonsillitis differs from tonsillitis by viral because inflammation of the tonsils causes bacteria of streptococcus or staphylococcus. And if in tonsillitis tonsillitis is just increasing, then with bacterial tonsillitis, they undergo changes, with the appearance of abscesses and plaque. Also, bacterial tonsillitis requires a long and careful treatment, the absence of which can lead to complications.
Cause of disease
The main cause of bacterial tonsillitis is close contact with an already ill person. Bacteria that cause this disease can be transmitted through:
- general linen;
- kissing;
- utensils, etc.
Fifteen percent of people in their bodies have these bacteria, which are in a passive state and do not have a harmful effect on the body. But if favorable factors arise, they are immediately activated, and the result can be precisely bacterial tonsillitis in acute form. To provoke bacteria is simple enough - to eat snow, icicles, to overeat cool feet, or to drink to the heated person of ice water - and the streptococcus in the body begins to multiply actively.
Treatment of bacterial tonsillitis
At the first signs of the disease, you should consult a doctor who will tell you in detail how to treat bacterial tonsillitis and prescribe the right medicines. This disease, as a rule, is treated with antibiotics for at least 7-10 days. At the initial stage of the disease, strict bed rest is recommended. Reception of antibiotics improves well-being on the third day after the reception, but until complete recovery should be abandoned walks and visits to public places.
In addition to treating bacterial tonsillitis with antibiotics, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory agents are used.
During the first days, frequent rinsing of the throat is recommended for external effects and cleansing of the tonsils. Rinses can be:
- soda-salt;
- with furatsilinom;
- with the addition of essential oil (tea tree, fir, eucalyptus, cedar, etc.).
A plentiful sour drink will allow to remove intoxication. It can be fruit juice from cranberries, cranberries, viburnum, tea with lemon.
A strong effect gives chewing propolis . Its daily dose is 5 grams, and chew it after eating.