What should I do if my tonsils are swollen?

Patients with swollen tonsils who want to reduce and lower the impact of these symptoms must pay attention to getting more rest and drinking more water, keeping their bowel movements regular, and pay attention to oral health and hygiene, insist on exercising, and improve their body's immunity and disease resistance.

1. Pay attention to rest, drink plenty of water, have a bowel movement, eat liquid or soft food, and pay attention to early infusion treatment when throat pain is obvious to prevent the spread of infection.

2. Children with tonsils should be given a liquid diet, eat less irritating food, eat more light food, and rinse their mouths after each meal.

3. When the disease recurs or is accompanied by corresponding symptoms, an electrocardiogram and urine test can be performed during an acute attack to rule out the possibility of complications such as nephritis, myocarditis, arthritis, etc.

4. Pay attention to oral hygiene and drink more boiled water or fruit juice to replenish water in the body.

5. Patients with chronic tonsillitis should develop good living habits, ensure adequate sleep time, add or remove clothes in time with weather changes, and remove humid air indoors. These are all important. Sick children should develop good habits of not being picky about food and not overeating.

6. Keep exercising to improve the body's ability to resist disease. Do not overwork. If you feel tired, you should adjust and rest in time. Quitting smoking and drinking is an important step in preventing chronic tonsillitis.

7. Prevent all kinds of infectious diseases and epidemics, eat liquid or semi-liquid food, and use alcohol bath for those with high fever to help reduce the temperature.

8. Pay attention to improving dietary nutrition, strengthening physical fitness and improving body resistance.