Question
Dear Baby, she is just 9 months old. Initially, she said she felt pain when swallowing, and I noticed she was coughing more severely and had a bit of a fever with a lack of energy. How should I treat her for tonsillitis and throat pain in children?
Answer
In treating this kind of illness, you can give the child some symptomatic antibiotic medications, also consider regional medication such as tonsil crypt irrigation, intratonsillar injections, etc. If the symptoms are mainly throat pain, you can consider giving some painkillers. If there is a fever, choose the method of cooling down according to the body temperature; below 38.5 degrees Celsius can be physically cooled down, while above 38.5 degrees Celsius, oral antipyretics can be taken. In addition to these medication treatment methods, if the child has recurrent tonsillitis, it is also recommended to consider surgical treatment. During the treatment period, it is also important to maintain good dietary hygiene and ensure sufficient rest time.