In The Indianapolis Star on May 20, health/medicine reporter Shari Rudavsky interviews Northside ENT President Scott A. Hackett, M.D., F.A.C.S. on tonsillitis.
A sore throat and fever are the most common symptoms of bacterial and viral tonsillitis. If your child has a headache, nausea or vomiting, it’s more likely to be strep throat.
Tonsillitis most often affects children who are three to the early teen years. Most get better without having to have surgery. But some need a “tonsillectomy” to remove their tonsils. This is the most common major surgery for children.
You should take your child to see a doctor if he has tonsillitis seven times in one year, five episodes in each of two consecutive years or three cases per year for three years in a row.
The good news for children who need surgery is having to eat cold foods like popsicles or ice cream for at least a day or two afterward.
Download The Indianapolis Star article: Sore-throat-and-fever-can-signal-tonsillitis
Northside ENT board certified otolaryngologists have provided comprehensive ear, nose and throat services in Central Indiana since 1977.
