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What is sore throat?
Angina is a acute inflammation of the tonsils, located at the back of the throat. It is manifested by spontaneous pain in the throat or triggered by swallowing. This inflammation is common in children over two years old.
The contamination period lasts about three days for the most common tonsillitis, from the onset of the first pain in the throat. To avoid infecting their peers, your child should be kept at home for at least the first 24 hours.
Viral angina or bacterial angina?
Angina is an infection of viral or bacterial origin (streptococcus A). By the age of three, angina is almost always viral and associated with a cold or bronchitis. The lymph nodes are barely swollen and the child does not feel so sick. Healing takes place within a week.
In older children, it is more frequently bacterial. Compared to viral angina, bacterial angina is characterized by a more sudden onset of fever and more intense pain when swallowing. To differentiate the two tonsillitis, the doctor does a quick test by rubbing the tonsil with a swab (long rod with a piece of cotton at its end).
Symptoms of angina
Le premier symptom of angina and the sore throat, with difficulty swallowing, a red throat or with white spots (white sore throat).
Angina causes high fever, with a temperature rise up to 39- 40 ° C.
The child shivers at times, he is not hungry, complains of headaches or stomach aches.
Relatively large and tender lymph nodes are noticeable in the neck.
Angina treatments
Once the diagnosis is made by the doctor, he will prescribe the necessary drugs to quickly relieve the child’s throat, bring down the fever and avoid complications. In toddlers, angina is most often of viral origin and does not require the prescription of antibiotics. Syrups and lozenges have not been shown to be effective although they can cause unwanted effects. Prefer a very sweet herbal tea or a glass of sweetened milk. Prepare for your child, according to his age, soups, broths, purees, compotes, easy to swallow.
In children over three years of age, the doctor very often performs a more in-depth examination of the throat to identify the possible presence of streptococci, bacterial angina, the treatment of which is antibiotics.
Repeated angina: the operation of the tonsils not so useful
According to the review Prescribe, the surgical procedure called ” amygdalectomy Would be useless to prevent recurrent tonsillitis. This intervention would be justified only in the case of significant discomfort during sleep.