Symptoms of tonsillitis

Tonsillitis is actually a nonspecific inflammation of the palatine tonsils. The symptoms of this type of tonsillitis are very obvious. After tonsillitis occurs, people's pharyngeal tonsils will suffer from acute or chronic inflammation. This symptom of tonsillitis is common in teenagers. This disease often occurs in spring and autumn.

The symptoms of tonsillitis are actually a protective reflex action. When it occurs, the patient's throat is very painful. Sometimes, foreign objects, some irritating gases, secretions in the respiratory tract and other substances that irritate the respiratory mucosa will be cleared out. If not treated in time, the patient will also have a high fever.

Modern medicine believes that tonsils are the two largest lymphoid tissues in the human pharynx. They usually grow larger after the age of 4 to 5 and begin to shrink gradually after the age of 12. Under normal circumstances, tonsils can resist bacteria entering the nose and pharynx, thus protecting the human body. However, children have low body resistance and catch a cold, which weakens the ability of their tonsils to resist bacteria. This can lead to bacteria from the mouth, pharynx, nasal cavity and the outside world invading the tonsils and causing inflammation.

In severe cases, the tonsils become red, swollen and fester, forming purulent tonsillitis. If not cured for a long time, it may turn into chronic tonsillitis, which can easily cause nephritis and heart disease. Systemic diseases such as rheumatism, pigeon chest and funnel chest. Traditional Chinese medicine calls it "nipple moth" because its shape resembles a nipple or a silkworm moth. It is mainly caused by the wind-heat evil toxins entering the body through the mouth and nose and invading the lung and stomach meridians, and the evil toxins fumigate the throat, thus causing this disease. There may be heat accumulation in the lungs and stomach, or the heat toxicity is severe, burning the yin of the lungs and stomach, insufficient body fluid, and virtual fire rising: it often recurs.

The symptoms of tonsillitis are very obvious, so if we find ourselves feeling uncomfortable in the throat, we must seek timely treatment for the disease. This is the main measure to prevent tonsillitis from worsening. I hope patients will pay more attention to this knowledge. This knowledge is extremely important.