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Steroids For Swollen Tonsils

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Dr. Sumit Bhatti MD

black spots on tonsils diagnosed as strept throat 2 weeks of antibiotic still black now on steroids swollen lymph glands ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sumit Bhatti ( ENT Specialist)
Dr. Synthyia Bhagat MD

My granddaughter has swollen tonsils no real pain no fever no ear ache she just says it kinda hurts. Took her to the children's hospital yesterday all they said was it will go away. It hasn't n has gotten ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Synthyia Bhagat ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Naveen Kumar MD

(20 days) and it returned until I was finally given clindamycin and steroids which took the infection away but I still have a right swollen red tonsil and its rarely painful, no difficulty swallowing. I ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Naveen Kumar ( ENT Specialist)
Dr. Priyanka Aggarwal MD

spots on tonsils. He diagonsed as tonsillitis and granular phyrangtis. I have taken lot of antiboitcs Steroids beofre but no change. Are these two conditions related to each other? Will removing... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Priyanka Aggarwal ( ENT Specialist)
Dr.   Shafi Ullah Khan MD

swollen tonsils with puss all over them. He went to the doc and they tested him for strep and for mono ... hardly breathe because his tonsils are so swollen. He can't talk properly... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shafi Ullah Khan ( General & Family Physician)

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Dr.  Shinas Hussain MD

My son was just diagnosed with mono. His tonsils were so swollen, he was having a hard time ... 8000 mg of steroids. Is that a normal dosage? His tonsils have gone down quite a bit. I was... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shinas Hussain ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Mahesh Kumar T S MD

be getting better. my left tonsil was the most swollen in the beginning then it went down after the steroids. now my right tonsil is really swollen. what should i do? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mahesh Kumar T S ( Dentist)
Dr. A.K. Srivastava MD

because of how much my tonsils had swollen up, and i naturally have very big tonsils as it is so it is a ... i am not getting the surgery done. But BOTH my tonsils are still very swollen... View answer

Answered by : Dr. A.K. Srivastava ( ENT Specialist)
Dr. Pallavi.m MD

Okay so I ve had a swollen tonsils for about a month and seen a doctor they gave me steroids and ... they came out negative but know it came back and my tonsils are big but now they have like a... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Pallavi.m ( Anesthesiologist)
Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

to steroids or antibiotics. My right tonsil is always very swollen, whether im on antibiotics or not ...Hi, my name is Mackenzi. Ive been suffering from swollen tonails/strep eever since i was little.... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)