my little boy gets alot of tonsilitis is there anythink i can give him at the first signs of a sore throat.?

Question

he is 4,took him to see private dr as our own refused to take them out,the private dr said it would be of benefit to him in later life to keep them in .

Answer 1

You don't say how old he is, so he may be too young for this suggestion.

Gargle with soluble disprin. Cheap and easy.

I had problems with my Tonsils from an early age too but was unable to get them removed. I suffered numerous flare ups until I started using this method.

Answer 2

I used to suffer from tonsillitis when I was a child quite a lot, nearly 4-5 times a year. To be honest, not a lot used to ease the pain in my throat. My mum used to give me tcp, honey, tunes, lockets, throaties... pretty much everything and anything! I can honestly say nothing took the pain away for more than 2 minutes!! gargling with salt, warm water would sting but heal my blistered tonsils quicker than most things. Sorry, but that's all the help I can offer. I ended up being put up for a tonsillectomy at 14 but my tonsils had fused to my throat so the surgery was unable to take place. I still get tonsillitis but only 1-2 times a year. As an adult I now recognise the symptoms myself and take penicillin at the earliest possible opportunity.

Answer 3

I would say calpol and always check his throat - if they have white spots on his tonsils take to a doctor straight away, but if it is a sore throat then it could be something else as well. I used to also have bad tonsillitis but they recommend not to take them out. I did not and I have not have any problems for the last 20 years - taking them out is a big step. But if that is the only way to make him better then of course please make that decision.

Try nhsdirect.nhs.uk for more info

I wish you and your son all the best

Answer 4

Depending on whether he would struggle with gargling, gargling with a mild antiseptic mouthwash will help to kill any germs sitting at the back of the throat and if he is not too young for painkillers, gargling with a soluble painkiller/paracetamol will help reduce any pain directly and is then absorbed more quickly into his blood stream. But make sure he is getting plenty of vitamin C and echinea is a good way to build the immune system up. Hopefully all these answers will help you before winter sets in!

Answer 5

Please seek another Dr. If your child is having alot of tonsilitis, like more than ten times a year, then it's time to take them out. It will just get worse as he gets older, and surgery not matter how mild in an adult is a very risky business. I know, my brother had his out at 30, and had to go back into surgery three times, for them to stop the bleeding. I hope this helps you out, in the mean time, gargle with salt water.

Answer 6

Do not allow your little boy to have his tonsils out unless it is absolutely necessary. I come from the age when it was common practise to take tonsils out when children where young & suffered with tonsilitis because the tonsils served no purpose anyway. I suffered badly with regular bouts of tonsilitis & so to a lesser extent so did my two brothers. My mother was told that it was best for all of her sons including me to have our tonsils out....she refused.
Many years later they found out that tonsils do indeed serve a purpose & so they stopped taking tonsils out as a matter of common practice. Moreover, I can remember when, a few years later, the doctor looked at my throat & asked my mother when I had had my tonsils removed ...she told him that I hadn't & to look again!
He then remarked that he had never seen such flat tonsils. Infact all three of us grew out of always getting tonsilitis..all of us now still have our tonsils.
If you are in the UK look for Potters Cattarh Pastilles...they are for sore throats aswell..They are only sold in Chemist shops & have been on the go for many years but are not well known. They really do the trick.

Answer 7

Both my boys suffered alot from inflamed tonsils, about every 6-8 weeks. This caused them to permanently enlarge. They were diagnosed as having kissing tonsils, which meant even when they weren't inflamed they touched. This caused them to have obstructive sleep apnoea (Blocked their airways when they slept) resulting in a gasping for breath snore. We had them removed 2 years ago and the boys have never been better.

Answer 8

When I got tonsilitis as a small boy my family doctor told my mother to feed me plenty of ice-cream all day. It was a medicine I was very happy to take and it worked because the swelling quickly went down and I have never needed to have my tonsils removed.

Answer 9

The older traditional remedies seem the best like lemon and honey but it won't stop the infection only soothe it. Tonsilitis is nasty, I used to get it a lot but doctors are tending to avoid tonsilectomies more these days. Make sure he always wears a scarf even when it isn't very cold, and makes sure to avoid smokey atmospheres, that should help. :)

Answer 10

could could try them with some calpol or nurafen or some sort or pain killer my little girl used to get it all the time and we went to the hospital to take her tonsils out and now she doesn't get any sore throats or any tonsillitis hope that helps (^_^)