Question
A boy, now eight years old, initially experienced symptoms such as throat pain when speaking, difficulty swallowing, and low-grade fever. How should pediatric tonsillitis be treated for optimal effectiveness?
Answer
The current common treatments for tonsillitis include antibiotic medication, regional treatments (such as cleaning the tonsillar crypts, injecting medication into the tonsils, etc.), providing painkillers to relieve throat pain, and choosing appropriate fever-reducing methods based on body temperature (physical cooling or oral fever-reducing drugs). If symptoms frequently recur, surgical treatment may be considered. In addition, parents should pay attention to keeping warm and avoiding catching a cold to prevent a recurrence of tonsillitis.