Each person has often come across such unpleasant sensations as soreness in the throat, difficult swallowing of food. Following inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx, temperature begins to rise rapidly, weakness appears and a general deterioration is noted. One of the most unpleasant diseases is tonsillitis, especially if it takes on a chronic form.
Some people are in a hurry to immediately resort to surgery. Others, on the contrary, turning to a doctor for help, select an effective treatment for chronic tonsillitis. Folk remedies, skillfully combined with drugs and procedures, work real miracles.
Symptoms of the disease
Unfortunately, a person can not always understand that he has chronic tonsillitis. After all, tonsils may not even be enlarged. In addition, with this disease, the symptoms are not specific enough. And treatment of chronic tonsillitis for this reason is very difficult. The ailment is often the result of frequent tonsillitis, which cause changes in the structure of the tonsils. It is characterized by a latent course of infection.
The main symptoms are:
- periodic sore throat (not acute);
- frequent sore throats;
- feeling of obstruction;
- pain in the neck;
- difficulty swallowing;
- bad breath;
- swollen lymph nodes in the neck;
- bad taste.
From time to time, the appearance of white or yellow plaque on the tonsils can be observed. During the appearance of such formations, as a rule, the patient has weakness, unexplained fever, and immunity is significantly reduced.
Why treat a disease?
Chronic tonsillitis is characterized by the fact that the infection can subside and “hide”. This is what puts him in a number of rather complex and dangerous diseases. After all, at any time, the infection can spread throughout the body. This provokes the occurrence of complications. Once in the blood, it affects distant organs, causing numerous diseases, including the following:
- rheumatism;
- arthritis;
- glomerulonephritis;
- myocarditis;
- vascular disease;
- psoriasis;
- gynecological ailments.
That is why it is necessary to start treatment of chronic tonsillitis in time. Folk remedies, which will be discussed later, will help to permanently get rid of a serious illness. Do not forget that tonsils with tonsillitis completely cease to fulfill the function of the body's defenders. Rather, on the contrary, the disease makes them a very dangerous object. Based on this, treatment should be started early.
Features of the disease in children
The course of chronic tonsillitis in babies occurs quite clearly. Unlike adults, symptoms in children develop quickly and in an acute form. At the first signs, treatment of chronic tonsillitis in children should be started immediately. To remove the purulent contents of the tonsils, it is important to gargle thoroughly.
But antibiotics for children should be selected very carefully. Most of them are not allowed for children under 12 years old. The choice of an appropriate antibacterial agent should remain with the pediatrician. Improper therapy will only aggravate the course of the disease.
As a rule, the treatment of chronic tonsillitis in children includes physiotherapeutic procedures. Electrophoresis, laser therapy, magnetotherapy are widely used. However, the optimal treatment for chronic tonsillitis is folk remedies that are combined with medications.
Conservative methods
Tonsils in children perform important functions. Therefore, conservative treatment of chronic tonsillitis is the most important task. Initially, you should organize the correct regime of the day and work out the optimal menu. High results are obtained by hardening. If possible, eliminate all the factors that trigger the occurrence of angina. This includes care for timely treatment of the oral cavity, nose. Take care of the baby's free breathing (the main enemies are adenoids, sinusitis).
The child’s treatment courses should be repeated twice a year. As a rule, the best time is spring and autumn. Local antibiotics and antiseptics are used. Tonsils are recommended to be lubricated with a special Lugol solution. Colloidal silver helps a lot.
Often, pediatricians include antiallergic drugs in the treatment regimen, since the causative agent of the disease can sometimes provoke an unpleasant reaction. Sometimes prescribed antibiotics can also cause allergies. It is very important to adhere to the treatment regimen in order to avoid unpleasant consequences.
To provide effective treatment for chronic tonsillitis, physiotherapeutic procedures are usually prescribed, immunomodulators are connected. It is very important not to forget about gargling. Herbal preparations are widely used for such purposes.
The use of bacteriophages
Protracted forms of the disease require more effective treatment. We are talking about bacteriophages. These are viruses that devour the causative agents of the disease - streptococci, staphylococci. Treatment of chronic tonsillitis with bacteriophages is quite effective. Getting rid of infections of the nasopharynx and oral cavity, accompanied by frequent relapses, with the inclusion of these viruses showed excellent results.
The baby can acquire antibiotic-insensitive flora. In such cases, the pediatrician selects bacteriophages. However, if the child has an acute phase of tonsillitis, then choosing an antibiotic is still preferable.
Homeopathy treatment
Getting rid of the disease is a rather lengthy process. It consists not only in drug therapy. Excellent results are obtained by the treatment of chronic tonsillitis with homeopathy.
They speak well enough about the drug "Vokara." This homeopathic remedy is recommended to be taken one drop for each year of a child's life (but not more than 10) with an exacerbation of the disease. The drug is diluted in water. Reception can be repeated up to eight times a day.
If the acute stage is over, Vokara is drunk three times a day. The course is designed for two weeks. As a rule, in the chronic form of the disease, this drug is used as a means of prevention.
Folk remedies. Decoctions
For babies whose body can not yet take medications, pediatricians are advised to conduct home therapy. Doctors insistently recommend the treatment of chronic tonsillitis with folk methods to pregnant women, allergies. Excess pharmaceuticals in these cases are unlikely to help.
Traditional medicine includes a wide range of the most diverse means for any occasion. Consider the decoctions. They are made from herbal preparations, which can be easily purchased at any pharmacy. Decoctions have an antiseptic effect on the body, strengthen the immune system, relieve inflammatory processes. It is important to remember: it is better to use proven fees. After all, the interaction of various herbs is still an open question, not fully understood.
Herbal tea of antibacterial action
To make it, wormwood, coltsfoot, St. John's wort, thyme, dill, ground roots of calamus and peony, calendula and chamomile flowers should be mixed in equal proportions. It is recommended to add crushed eucalyptus leaves to improve the effect. Although without them, the broth has all the healing properties. Thoroughly mixed composition should be poured with boiling water. Moreover, the calculation should be as follows: 1 tbsp. spoon of dry grass in 1 cup of water. For 4 hours, herbal tea should be insisted. After this, the solution is brought to a boil, be surely filtered and taken exclusively in a warm form.
A decoction to stimulate immunity
You will need St. John's wort, Ledum, Volodushka, horsetail, licorice root and calamus. Such a fee can be purchased as a herbal tea in a pharmacy. For greater effectiveness, you should add a rose hip containing a lot of vitamin C. You will need to take a teaspoon of the mixture. Dry composition pour one glass of boiling water and allow to brew.
Effective infusions
Alternative treatment of chronic tonsillitis includes various solutions of medicinal herbs. Vegetables are widely used for infusions; a variety of juices are useful.
Coltsfoot infusion
Mix well washed grass in equal proportions with red wine. Add onion juice to the resulting composition. Put the solution for a day in a dark, cool place. The resulting product must be taken three times a day, previously shaking.
Beetroot Juice
The resulting liquid (5 parts) is mixed with syrup from rose hips (3 parts) and lemon juice (1 part). For such a tincture, the appropriate proportion should be strictly taken into account. During the day, the solution should be infused in the refrigerator. Use the product after eating three times a day. The recommended dose is 1-2 tsp.
Garlic infusion
Grind the two heads thoroughly and wait until the juice appears. To it add freshly squeezed lemon juice in the same amount. Pour the resulting mixture with one glass of water. Adults take a tablespoon 2-3 times a day (after eating!), Children - no more than two teaspoons.
Rinse solutions
Without this procedure, it is absolutely impossible to imagine an effective treatment for chronic tonsillitis. Folk remedies intended for rinsing help get rid of microorganisms that form a coating on the surface of the tonsils. Indeed, in this way, the fight against the cause of the inflammatory process occurs. Recommended remedies have a calming, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect.
- A solution of iodine. In a glass of warm water, one tsp. salt. 5-10 drops of iodine are added to the resulting mixture. Gargle every three hours.
- Crush two large cloves of garlic and squeeze the juice. Pour the resulting liquid with hot milk (1 cup). Cool and strain. Gargle with this solution should be twice a day.
- Rinsing with celandine. One tablespoon of chopped grass (take leaves and flowers) should be steamed with a glass of boiling water. To sustain about 10-15 minutes. Rinse three times a day. Be sure to warm up the solution before the procedure.
Home inhalation
These procedures are one of the rather effective methods of treatment. Unfortunately, they are often quite simply forgotten. Although the results from inhalation are simply amazing. Most patients who have experienced this method have been able to get rid of the disease. This is evidenced by positive reviews. Treatment of chronic or acute tonsillitis must necessarily include inhalation.
- Alcohol solution of eucalyptus. One tablespoon tinctures should be added to 1 liter of hot water. Breathe steam for about 15 minutes.
- Hypericum flowers. Alcoholic infusion of herbs is used for home inhalation in the same proportions as eucalyptus. In the absence of a solution of St. John's wort it can be prepared independently. It should fill 20 grams of flowers with a hundred milliliters of alcohol. This remedy should be insisted for about two weeks. The tool can be stored and used for inhalation as needed.
- Sage solution. Dry chopped grass must be poured with boiling water. The calculation is as follows: for 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sage - 1 glass of water. Be sure to let it brew for 15-20 minutes. One glass of the resulting product is added to a liter of water.
Preventative measures
It is very important to understand that the symptoms of the disease are not pronounced. And, therefore, it is difficult to determine even the presence of this ailment. That is why the prevention and treatment of chronic tonsillitis, as previously mentioned, twice a year play a large role.
A healthy lifestyle should be established. Be sure to take measures to strengthen the immune system. Usually for these purposes it is recommended to temper the body and perform moderate exercise. Possible overcooling should be completely eliminated.
It should be understood that at the first symptoms of the disease, treatment should be started immediately. It should include antiseptic drugs, regular gargling. Irrigation of the nasopharynx is quite effective. A positive result is given by ambulatory washing of the tonsils.
Preventive procedures performed in a timely manner will protect against the spread of foci of infection. They will stop the inflammatory process at the initial stage, thereby not allowing serious complications to develop.
Conclusion
Constant pain or inflammation of the nasopharynx quite often does not cause anxiety in a large number of people. A similar condition is associated with the cold season. Unfortunately, preventive measures are very rarely taken until the disease becomes acute. Timely treatment can not only alleviate the condition, but also prevent the development of serious complications.