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Recurrent Tonsillitis: Information For Patients

The document provides information about recurrent tonsillitis. It explains that tonsillitis is an infection of the tonsils causing sore throat, fever, and difficulty swallowing. Symptoms typically improve within a week without treatment in most cases. Treatment involves drinking fluids, using painkillers, and gargling to soothe symptoms. Recurrent tonsillitis is defined as multiple episodes over two years that impact daily life. Removing the tonsils through tonsillectomy may reduce the severity and frequency of infections for most people, though it does not guarantee infections will stop completely.

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Recurrent Tonsillitis: Information For Patients

The document provides information about recurrent tonsillitis. It explains that tonsillitis is an infection of the tonsils causing sore throat, fever, and difficulty swallowing. Symptoms typically improve within a week without treatment in most cases. Treatment involves drinking fluids, using painkillers, and gargling to soothe symptoms. Recurrent tonsillitis is defined as multiple episodes over two years that impact daily life. Removing the tonsils through tonsillectomy may reduce the severity and frequency of infections for most people, though it does not guarantee infections will stop completely.

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Information for Patients

Recurrent tonsillitis

What is tonsillitis
It is infection of the tonsils, usually accompanied by a sore throat, cough, fever, headache, feeling sick, and problems with swallowing. The tonsils may swell and become red. There may also be pus on the tonsils in the form of white spots. These symptoms typically get worse over 2-3 days and then gradually go away, usually within a week.

Treatment
It is usually advisable not to do anything as tonsillitis is mild and will soon get better on its own in the majority of cases. In most cases antibiotics are not needed. You should drink a lot, although it may be tempting not to due to the pain in swallowing. Painkillers will help to ease this pain and lozenges, gargling and sprays will soothe the soreness. In rare cases a condition called Quinsey (an abscess on the tonsil) may require a surgical intervention. Most case of recurrent tonsillitis can be treated by your doctor. It is called recurrent tonsillitis when you get several episodes over two years and when the infections are severe enough to affect everyday life. However it is not certain that removing tonsils will stop infections from occurring. Most people who have had tonsillectomy (removal of tonsils) see the difference in the intensity and severity of infections.

13/04/10 Version 1. Review date: April 2011

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