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Took Antibiotic For Sore Throat, Cough And High Fever. Feeling Ball In Throat And Swollen Tonsil. Any Cure?
Question: My name is XXXXXXX I live in italia.44 years 77 kilos no smoker no drinker play always sport.
March 2012 I had a very strong influence with sore throat and cough high fever (39.5) which I treated without antibiotics.
May, I had begun to feel a ball in my throat that I thought to be "bolus istericus" as it were a period of high stress. the feeling increases at the end of may. XXXXXXX I go to the family doctor who looks at my throat and tells me that I have nothing and he thinks that is GERD (but I never had stomach problems of any kind) and gives me Gaviscon but without results.
July on my own initiative make an appointment with an ENT that makes me the laryngeal endoscopy and finds a very strong lingual tonsillitis with plates of pus. There are no signs of GERD.He gives me a therapy of 3 weeks of antibiotics (zitromax 500mg for 3 days at weeks). During the herapy begins a very strong dry cough during the day only. Now the cough is passing the plates of pus are gone aways but the feeling of the ball in my throat there is till but lower come and go and I feel my lingual tonsils like swollwn.
It possible remains swollen tonsils after treatment with antibiotics and give me the symptoms of swelling in the throat?
It's possible that infection is go away but are the inflamation needs some months before go away ?
Can I do some exams ?
The inflamation can keep (cause also) the swollen of tonsils ?
thanks
March 2012 I had a very strong influence with sore throat and cough high fever (39.5) which I treated without antibiotics.
May, I had begun to feel a ball in my throat that I thought to be "bolus istericus" as it were a period of high stress. the feeling increases at the end of may. XXXXXXX I go to the family doctor who looks at my throat and tells me that I have nothing and he thinks that is GERD (but I never had stomach problems of any kind) and gives me Gaviscon but without results.
July on my own initiative make an appointment with an ENT that makes me the laryngeal endoscopy and finds a very strong lingual tonsillitis with plates of pus. There are no signs of GERD.He gives me a therapy of 3 weeks of antibiotics (zitromax 500mg for 3 days at weeks). During the herapy begins a very strong dry cough during the day only. Now the cough is passing the plates of pus are gone aways but the feeling of the ball in my throat there is till but lower come and go and I feel my lingual tonsils like swollwn.
It possible remains swollen tonsils after treatment with antibiotics and give me the symptoms of swelling in the throat?
It's possible that infection is go away but are the inflamation needs some months before go away ?
Can I do some exams ?
The inflamation can keep (cause also) the swollen of tonsils ?
thanks
Hi,
Thank you for your query.
1. Lymphoid tissue tends to enlarge during infections and inflammation. It usually does not regress to it's original size.
2. Use a medicated gargle and get your doctor to prescribe an anti-allergic , ant-leukotriene and a short course of steroids (if not contraindicated).
3. Chronic inflammation in the tonsillar lymphoid tissue (including the lingual tonsils, pharyngeal bands and so on) is often the cause of lingering symptoms.
4. If there is no relief from medication, controlled radiofrequency ablation or co-ablation of the lingual tonsils may be done.
I hope that I have answered your queries. If you have any further questions, I will be available to answer them.
Regards.
Thank you for your query.
1. Lymphoid tissue tends to enlarge during infections and inflammation. It usually does not regress to it's original size.
2. Use a medicated gargle and get your doctor to prescribe an anti-allergic , ant-leukotriene and a short course of steroids (if not contraindicated).
3. Chronic inflammation in the tonsillar lymphoid tissue (including the lingual tonsils, pharyngeal bands and so on) is often the cause of lingering symptoms.
4. If there is no relief from medication, controlled radiofrequency ablation or co-ablation of the lingual tonsils may be done.
I hope that I have answered your queries. If you have any further questions, I will be available to answer them.
Regards.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
thanks for the responses esustive. I just wanted to ask you a final question after a lingual forttonsillite is possible that the symptoms and the inflammation continues for a few months?
Hi,
Thank you for writing back.
Yes, the inflammation may become chronic and symptoms may continue for many months. Medication then requires longer to heal the lymphoid tissue.
Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Regards.
Thank you for writing back.
Yes, the inflammation may become chronic and symptoms may continue for many months. Medication then requires longer to heal the lymphoid tissue.
Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Regards.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
thanks for informations.Now I'm now more comfortable. To try to correct the remaining inflammation I believe that is not necessary to use antibiotics that I have used for go away the infection but I think it's sufficient to use gargle ?
Hi,
Thank you for writing back.
Using only a medicated gargle may work at times. If you see no improvement in two weeks get your doctor to prescribe an anti-allergic , anti-leukotriene and a short course of steroids (if not contraindicated).
Wishing you good health,
Regards.
Thank you for writing back.
Using only a medicated gargle may work at times. If you see no improvement in two weeks get your doctor to prescribe an anti-allergic , anti-leukotriene and a short course of steroids (if not contraindicated).
Wishing you good health,
Regards.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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