Should i get my tonsils removed?!
Question: because sinse december, my throat started hurting soo bad, it was hard to talk.the pain went away in february.and my throat was like soo swollen.it was a nonstop pain.i went to the doctor and shes retarded,all she gave me was ibprofins.and i was surpised she didnt give my tnenol because thats all she ever gives me for ANYTHING and EVERYTHING.well my throat started to hurt again since yesterday.and i dont want to go to the doctor because shell just give my tynenol and it wont work.and if i do get them taken out, how much of school would i have to miss and how much would it hurt since im 14(the surgery)
Answers: because sinse december, my throat started hurting soo bad, it was hard to talk.the pain went away in february.and my throat was like soo swollen.it was a nonstop pain.i went to the doctor and shes retarded,all she gave me was ibprofins.and i was surpised she didnt give my tnenol because thats all she ever gives me for ANYTHING and EVERYTHING.well my throat started to hurt again since yesterday.and i dont want to go to the doctor because shell just give my tynenol and it wont work.and if i do get them taken out, how much of school would i have to miss and how much would it hurt since im 14(the surgery)
do you have any white spots on your tonsils?
it could be a chronic infection of yeast (yes, yeast can grow in your mouth) or strep throat.
if it keeps bothering you and gets really sore for a long time again, go to an ENT (ear, nose, and throat doctor) who specializes in things like that and get their opinion for getting tonsils out or not.
personally, the younger you are, the easier it is to remove tonsils. i was 16 almost 17 when mine were removed...i wont lie, it was 2 weeks of **** after that...i lost so much weight and was miserable. but that was after 8 months of chronic infections.
it will be a little easier for you because youre younger, but it also depends how deep the surgeon has to go to get all the tonsil and scar tissue out. mine was also relatively deep, so that also added to the pain.
you will be given a liquid pain medicine, probably lortab or vicodin for it if you do get your tonsils out. NO ICE CREAM AT FIRST!!! you dont want to cough and ice cream can cause you to get phlegm in your throat and cough. after the first few days, you can have all the ice cream you want.
as for school, i would say you'd miss an average of about a week, no more than two weeks.
Go to another MD for a 2nd opinion. Maybe go to an ENT MD. Did your MD tell you it was tonsillitis?
Suck on Zinc lozenges. They really work!!!
If you had a tonsillectomy, you'd be given general anesthesia.
You may get some gas from that.
Your throat will probably take 2 weeks to heal. You need to eat & drink Cold things to reduce swelling...ice cream, cold drinks, ices, sorbet, sherbet, etc.
Good luck
Ibuprofen is actually not a bad thing to give for something like that, as it is not only a painkiller but also an anti inflammatory, and as your throat was swollen, that is usually a sign of inflammation.
Anyway. I've had my tonsils out after years of misery when I was 26, and the older you are the more it hurts. It was very, very painful. I would say you need to be sure it is a problem with your tonsils first. Stand in front of a mirror, maybe grab a torch, and open your mouth as wide as you can. Shine the torch in your mouth and look at the very back of your throat. In the middle is this little dangly thingie, and on either side should be your tonsils. Check if they have white/yellowish blobs on them and whether they are very red and look inflamed. My tonsils were chronically infected for years before it was finally decided to take them out - it got to the stage that there was hardly any space in the back of my throat to breathe, that's how swollen they were. So you should be able to see something there...
If you're in doubt and the problem with your throat persists, as someone else suggested see an ENT specialist and see what he says.
Good luck :)