Lacuna is a purulent formation on the walls of the tonsils, which are also called glands. With inflammation of the throat mucosa with acute respiratory viral infections or acute respiratory infections, they serve as "protective gates." The lacuna is a place of accumulation of pus, which, as it were, is kept without getting into the body. If you do not treat such a malaise, lacunar tonsillitis or tonsillitis develops.
The concept of lacunar angina
Lacunar angina is a type of acute infectious disease that is localized in the tonsils. It is called a lacunae. This is pus accumulated on the back of the throat. The tonsils are responsible for local immunity. If they are inflamed, the whole body fights the disease. Lymphatic tissue in the sky has gaps - small depressions that are voids. When the tonsils are affected, they are filled with white plaque, pus.
The inflammatory process in the body, formed in the glands, is called tonsillitis. If it is accompanied by a sharp decline in the work of local immunity, tonsillitis (tonsillitis) is called viral. As soon as the infection joins, the disease is lacunar in nature, and traffic jams form in the throat. Therefore, it is worth talking about the disease, as a viral lesion of the body, where the infection joins against a background of weakened immunity.
What is the difference between lacunar and follicular tonsillitis?
The most common types of the disease are follicular and lacunar angina.
The lacunar form is characterized by the following features:
- Red throat.
- Tonsil lacunae are expressed in white.
- Purulent inflammation can give a yellowish tint.
- Plaque from tonsils can be removed quite simply.
The follicular form is somewhat different in clinical indicators of the course of the disease:
- Tonsils are covered with grains.
- Yellow bubbles may occur.
- Severe pain is accompanied by a rash.
- Swollen lymph nodes under the lower jaw.
The dynamics of the course of the disease also passes: at each stage, differently with the manifestation of several symptoms.
Causes of the appearance of gaps, as a consequence of the disease
The main sign of any sore throat is considered temperature. It appears abruptly, immediately high - up to 39–40 degrees. The general weakness of the body is expressed. After a few hours, it hurts a person to swallow, then there is a tightness in the glands - they swell, pus accumulates in the gap. Muscle tissue weakens, chills appear, pain in the cervical vertebrae.
The lower lymph nodes are enlarged, which causes inconvenience in conversation, chewing food and more. In children, angina is manifested by additional symptoms:
- At preschool age, the child complains of excessive salivation.
- If sore throat is accompanied by trismus of the masticatory muscles, the active phase of angina proceeds in the child.
- When observing acute pain, it is possible to attach an infection, as with otitis media.
Some people report pulling pains in the muscle lacunae, which is located near the lymph nodes in the inguinal region.
The incubation period of the disease and treatment
Tonsillitis is insidious in that it is not always possible to detect it on time. It’s almost impossible to pinpoint when everything started. In medical practice, it was found that lacunar angina completely depends on the state of human immunity:
- If he is healthy, the incubation period will last a week or two.
- If it is cold, immunity is weakened, the incubation period will reach its peak after 3-4 days.
- There is no incubation period if a person has an infectious disease lasting a week or more.
Moreover, the features of manifestations are different. Lacunar angina does not always occur with temperature: a person first feels malaise, redness of the face and at the same time pallor of certain areas. Conditions such as chronic tonsillitis are also distinguished. Those who have persistent acute respiratory viral infections, adenoids, enlarged tonsils, where mucus from the sinuses constantly accumulate, have a predisposition to it.
Lacuna is a “convenient” place for bacteria. The mucous membrane is always moistened, it feeds on microbes from saliva. It is not tonsils that need to be treated, but a disease that leads to the appearance of pus and plaque. Deposits, unpleasant odors are not always the result of improper care. In world practice, lacunae washing is not used as a preventive measure. Throat sprays and solutions have long been invented that help remove deposits and protect the mucosa from the inflammatory process.