Re-occurring strep throat...5 years after a tonsillectomy, what now?!
Question: I had severe re-occurring strep when I was 16 and it nearly killed me, so I had an emergency tonsillectomy performed.
Now, 5 years later...within the last month I have had strep on the back of my throat. Unfortunately I go to a Naval hospital in Guam and they don't seem to have any ENT specialists to talk to. I am worried that I will have issues like I did when I was 16, but what is left to do? If anyone has any advice that would be helpful.
Thank you.
Answers: I had severe re-occurring strep when I was 16 and it nearly killed me, so I had an emergency tonsillectomy performed.
Now, 5 years later...within the last month I have had strep on the back of my throat. Unfortunately I go to a Naval hospital in Guam and they don't seem to have any ENT specialists to talk to. I am worried that I will have issues like I did when I was 16, but what is left to do? If anyone has any advice that would be helpful.
Thank you.
This may sound weird, but eat your vegetables. Make sure you eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables EVERY day. Drink lots of water, and get plenty of physical activity. These things combined will do wonders to strengthen your immune system.
gonorrhea?? given any BJs lately???
Just because you had your tonsils out doesn't mean you're never gonna get strep again.
Don't worry about it unless there is continual recurrance.
you must try to improve your immune system. so you eat fruits with high vitamin c content like orange, lemon juice, mango. it will prevent recurrence of strep throat.
Strep can occur many times over one's lifetime; sometimes, they never occur.
Although strep is rarely fatal these days, tonsillectomies are sometimes performed to reduce the number of potential incidents, though there is still some argument as to its efficacy (for the record, no surgeon would remove tonsils if someone were sick with strep at the same time).
Since you are currently on a Naval base, I presume that you are in the American armed forces, and have little choice as to whom you can see (given the fact that your strep is, evidently, a recurring one, I'm surprised you were allowed to serve). Regardless, military doctors and nurses have as much, if not more, training than civilian doctors (much of modern medicine comes the experience of field-trained physicians).
As such, my advice is to do whatever the staff says, which will probably include treatments listed in the links, below.