Question
My son is 1 year old. He started saying he had a sore throat and I noticed he had a slight cough along with a low-grade fever. How should I treat his tonsillitis with fever?
Answer
It is recommended that parents, under a doctor’s guidance, choose appropriate antibiotics or anti-inflammatory medications for their child to effectively alleviate inflammation symptoms. If the child’s condition is more severe, regional treatments such as tonsil crypt irrigation and tonsil injections can be combined. For severe throat pain, painkillers can be administered. If the child continues to have a fever, timely use of fever-reducing medicine should be applied. For temperatures not exceeding 38.5 degrees Celsius, physical cooling methods can be used. In addition to these medication treatment methods, if the child frequently develops tonsillitis, it is also recommended to consider surgical treatment. During the treatment period, it is important to ensure the child receives adequate nutrition, with a diet mainly consisting of light and easy-to-digest foods. It is also important to ensure the child gets plenty of rest and avoids fatigue.