Angina is called an infectious disease, accompanied by inflammation, and as a result, an increase in palatine tonsils. With tonsillitis, tonsils are covered with whitish plaques, the culprit of which is streptococcus. The disease, which began with a high fever, develops rapidly - after a few hours the child complains of a sore throat. The narrowing of the tonsils makes it difficult to swallow food. A runny nose and cough are absent, unless of course complications after a sore throat have begun. The earliest complication is the formation of suppuration in the tonsils, accompanied by severe swelling of nearby tissues. This condition is extremely dangerous because of the likelihood of developing suffocation.
With tonsillitis, tonsils can be simply inflamed and swollen - this is a catarrhal tonsillitis. If you see whitish dots on the tonsils - the child has follicular tonsillitis, and if the points are in the deepening of the tonsils, then lacunar.
It should be remembered that repeated cases of angina do not always bring only harm, the body learns to deal with the causative agent of the disease, developing its own immune response. If ever the question arises about the removal of tonsils, the doctor first of all will be interested in the number of tonsillitis transferred. The larger it is, the stronger the doctor will be inclined towards the abolition of the operation. Exceptions are children with a genetic predisposition. In children, one of whose parents is sick with rheumatism, the risk of complications after a sore throat is high, so the operation should not be delayed. Consultation with a specialist for a sore throat disease is mandatory, this is not the case with a runny nose. Before the arrival of the doctor, it is necessary to limit the motor activity of the child, strict adherence to bed rest will reduce the likelihood of complications after angina.
Complications pose a special danger for four-year-old children, since during this period in babies their own immune system can react violently to the pathogen and begin to develop autoimmune cells against itself. Late complications of the disease include focal nephritis, autoimmune disease - lupus erythematosus, rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis mentioned earlier. If the body's immune system cannot fully resist the disease, then chronic tonsillitis develops, as a result of which the tonsils of the child are constantly loose, saturated with pus. This focus of infection is the cause of persistent headaches, infectious and allergic myocarditis. To prevent complications, after a sore throat in children, a control swab from the throat is taken and a consultation with a cardiologist and a rheumatologist is prescribed.
If the child complains of pain in the "bones", do not leave the complaint unattended, this may be one of the signs of a complication after a sore throat - rheumatism beginning. Do not take any action without consulting a doctor who will examine the child and identify the cause of the pain: either it is rheumatism that has begun, or the body's reaction to high temperature. Another sign of a complication that has begun may be a cough after a sore throat. The relationship and proximity of the ENT organs can trigger the development of otitis media, sinusitis. Another serious complication after angina is meningitis. The following symptoms indicate the development of complications after a sore throat: a feeling of fatigue that appeared when walking was short of breath, a thin bluish border of the lips, pallor of the skin, swelling. Any of these signs should be an occasion to visit a doctor. Angina is a fairly aggressive disease for the child’s body, but if you do not self-medicate, follow the recommendations of the attending physician during the treatment of the disease and be observed after, it will pass without consequences!