There are several treatments available for treating patients with chronic tonsillitis or tonsillitis : antibiotic therapy, tonsil cryotherapy, or surgery. Not every person dares to lie under the surgeon’s knife, so cryotherapy can rightly be considered a gentle method of getting rid of sore tonsils.
Running in a circle ...
As a rule, in patients with chronic inflammation of the tonsils, or tonsillitis, the following symptoms are observed: persistent sore throat, fever, weakened immunity, weakness.
Everything looks a little different when a person has to undergo antibiotic therapy several times during the year in order to alleviate his condition for a while. Due to the use of such drugs, the patient’s immune system is greatly weakened, which provokes an exacerbation of chronic tonsillitis.
Therefore, recently, doctors began to recommend their patients to remove tonsils. However, many scientists do not agree with this decision. Normally, such accumulations of lymphoid tissue are responsible for the production of antibodies and the normal immune response of the body in response to external stimuli. Today, tonsil cryotherapy is the safest way to prevent the development of tonsillitis.
Cryotherapy of the tonsils: the essence of the method
Many patients still do not know that, in addition to the usual conservative or surgical treatment, the glands can be cured bloodless and painlessly. Tonsil cryotherapy - what is it? This method consists in the fact that the patient is cauterized with diseased tissue liquid nitrogen , while healthy areas are not affected.
Pros of the method
For patients with chronic tonsillitis, or tonsillitis, tonsil cryotherapy is the most suitable way to get rid of diseases. The main advantages of this method are as follows:
- Rapidity. The entire healing procedure, including the initial examination of the patient, takes no more than 30 minutes. Glands are removed under local anesthesia, so the patient does not experience any complications after applying anesthesia.
- Lack of pain and blood. After exposure to liquid nitrogen, scars and scars do not form on the surface of the tonsils, so a person practically does not experience pain and can return to his usual lifestyle immediately after tonsil cryotherapy is performed. Patient reviews suggest that in memory of the procedure there remains only a numbness of the throat and a slight dry mouth, but these signs soon pass without a trace.
- Efficiency. Freezing the affected tissues is a very effective procedure, because due to liquid nitrogen, the affected tissues die, and healthy ones begin to work at double speed.
Cold tonsil treatment
Before cryodestruction (cauterization with liquid nitrogen) of the tonsils, the patient's oral cavity must be carefully examined and all inflammatory processes of the mouth and teeth cured.
Tonsil cryotherapy is carried out as follows:
- The patient does not need to take a lying position, therefore, during the procedure, the patient sits on a chair.
- Before cauterizing the tonsils with liquid nitrogen, the patient's throat is treated with a 1% lidocaine solution. After throat anesthesia, the doctor will be able to begin a procedure such as tonsil cryotherapy. Patient reviews suggest that in addition to lidocaine, atropine is also introduced into the oral cavity, therefore, a gag reflex is not observed during freezing.
- After preparing the cryodestructor (medical device for freezing), the doctor briefly applies his working surface to the diseased tissue. The entire freezing procedure lasts no more than 60 seconds, however, even in this short period of time, diseased tonsil tissue dies. So the cryotherapy of tonsils occurs.
- Reviews of doctors say that this technique is most favorable for the whole organism as a whole, because already 24 hours after the freezing, the patient ceases to experience discomfort in the throat. In the photo presented in the article, tonsils are visible before and after the procedure.
Cryodestruction of the tonsils: indications for the procedure
Tonsil cryotherapy is necessary in the following cases:
- Tonsillogenous cardiopathy. Often, patients with chronic tonsillitis may experience problems with the functioning of the heart muscle, so cauterization of the tonsils is a necessity.
- Frequent sore throats. If a person is sick 2 times a year or more, then he simply cannot do without cryotherapy of tonsils.
- Chronic tonsillitis. Constant inflammation of the tonsils leads to the fact that the human immune system stops working properly and does not protect the body. Thanks to cryotherapy in humans, not only the affected tissue is destroyed, but also healthy tonsil cells are activated, as a result of which the immunity increases significantly.
- Tonsillogenic intoxication. In the chronic course of the disease in humans, not only the immune, but also the protective functions of the tonsils are violated, which in turn leads to intoxication of the body.
It is worth noting that in all these cases, antibiotic therapy becomes an ineffective method of treatment, and surgical intervention is too cardinal. That is why people began to go to clinics and carry out such a procedure as cryotherapy of tonsils.
Contraindications
Any treatment of the patient has not only its own indications, but also contraindications. In what situations is this procedure not performed?
- Oncological diseases.
- Chronic diseases in the acute stage.
- Diabetes mellitus of any type.
- Serious disorders of the nervous system, as well as diseases of the central nervous system.
- Disorders of the circulatory system, especially regarding blood coagulation.
- Pathology of the cardiovascular system.
In addition, children under 12 years old are not recommended to carry out this procedure. For young patients, experts advise a special freezing of the tonsils - cryotherapy with vapor of liquid nitrogen, which allows you to achieve the same results as cryotherapy of tonsils. Indications and contraindications for this procedure are the same.
What the patient receives as a result
With a short-term exposure to cold on the inflamed areas of the tonsils, the pathologically altered tissue completely dies, which leads to the restoration of the tonsils. Under the influence of low temperatures on the inflamed areas of a person, not only all damaged tissue is removed, but also cell regeneration occurs, which ultimately leads to the complete restoration of the protective and immune functions of the tonsils.
Cryotherapy is a treatment method that allows the patient to avoid surgery, permanently get rid of chronic tonsillitis and cure diseased tonsils.