How long does it take for the pain to go away after tonsillectomy?

Many children often suffer from tonsillitis since childhood. Doctors will see that the tonsils are enlarged, which sometimes affects the child's breathing and causes snoring at night. In this case, most doctors will recommend surgical removal. The pain usually stops within 24 hours after removal, and you just need to avoid infection. This article introduces the relevant content after tonsillectomy. Let’s take a look.

This varies from person to person. Generally, the pain will be gone after 24 hours. If there is pain, it is recommended that you take oral painkillers or rinse your mouth.

Precautions

1. The most common complication after tonsillectomy is bleeding, which is often caused by removing too little (leaving residue) or too much (damaging surrounding tissue). Therefore, the operation needs to be meticulous and the peeling should be performed along the outside of the capsule.

2. Before tightening the snare, avoid slipping of the forceps to prevent the tonsils from falling into the trachea.

Taboo

1. When acute tonsillitis occurs, surgery is generally not performed. Surgery can only be performed 3-4 weeks after the inflammation subsides. Because at this time the patient usually has a fever and congested tonsils, and the wound after surgery is prone to bleeding or secondary infection.

2. In cases of poliomyelitis and influenza, women should not undergo surgery during menstruation or before menstruation.

3. After tonsil surgery , the blood vessels in the tonsil fossa will contract on their own and the blood will coagulate to stop the bleeding. Various reasons for decreased coagulation and vascular elasticity can cause postoperative bleeding. Therefore, patients with diseases of the hematopoietic and coagulation systems such as hemophilia, aplastic anemia, leukemia, purpura, etc. are not suitable for surgery.

4. Surgery is not recommended during the active phase of diseases such as blood diseases, hypertension, heart disease with insufficiency of compensation, hepatitis, active pulmonary tuberculosis, etc. Surgery at this time will aggravate the condition and even cause serious complications.

5. Surgery is not recommended when systemic symptoms such as rheumatic fever and nephritis are not under control.

6. Patients with family members who have a high incidence of immunoglobulin deficiency or autoimmune diseases. White blood cell count is less than 3000.