Glands - palatine tonsils - clusters of lymphoid tissue that perform protective and hematopoietic functions. It is difficult to find a person who at least once did not encounter inflammation of the glands, which can be due to hypothermia, penetration of infection from outside or from neighboring foci (paranasal sinuses, teeth, etc.), occupational hazards, etc. Incorrect and untimely treatment of inflamed glands can lead to serious complications, therefore, when the first symptoms appear, appropriate measures should be taken. Consider how to treat the tonsils, if they are enlarged, they hurt, pus is formed on them.
Methods of treatment of glands
To effectively treat diseases of the tonsils, it is important to find out the cause of inflammation. As a rule, the type of pathology can be determined when examined by an ENT doctor, but sometimes it is necessary to conduct additional laboratory tests to determine the type of pathogen.
The general methods of treatment for almost all types of damage to glands are:
- bed rest;
- abundant warm drink;
- sparing diet, providing for the use of easily digestible, non-irritating mucous membrane food, having a soft consistency;
- vitamin therapy.
Also, often with diseases of the glands rinses are appointed with solutions that have antiseptic and anti-inflammatory effect:
- herbal decoctions and infusions (based on chamomile, sage, calendula, eucalyptus, etc.);
- solution of furacilin;
- Chlorhexidine ;
- Miramistin;
- soda-salt solution, etc.
In bacterial infections, antibiotics of local or systemic action are prescribed, with fungal infection - antimycotics. Additional medical methods can be: inhalation, irradiation with ultraviolet rays, electrophoresis, ultrasound therapy, etc.
How to treat a white coating on the glands and corks in them, depends on the degree of damage to the tonsils and the general condition of the patient. So, this
- washing lacunae of glands with a syringe or vacuum method;
- laser cryptolysis of lacunae of glands;
- cryodestruction;
- removal by laser or scalpel.
Complete removal of the glands is an extreme measure, applied with a strong change in their tissues, in which it is impossible to perform direct functions of these organs.