Sick Tonsils and Necessary Surgery

Sick "tonsils" may have often we hear but do we really have to know what was actually an organ.

Tonsils (tonsils) is one of the defense system of the lymphoid tissue of the body whose function is to produce lymphocyte cells (part of the white blood cells to the body's defense mechanism). The tonsils are located on the back of the throat at the end of the fold back of the mouth (we can see myself in the mirror). Tonsils is called tonsillectomy because the fruit looks like a tonsil.

Tonsils

Tonsil is part of the leading defense system. Tonsils a role to prevent the spread of infectious germs that enter the body through the mouth, nose and throat, making it less frequently inflamed tonsils. Thus, enlargement of tonsils is a sign of a reaction if there is an infection defense. In any healthy child, can be enlarged tonsils. There enlargement peak age of 9-10 years, then slowly going to shrink. Therefore, if there is no precise indication as possible measures to avoid surgical removal of tonsils.

Tonsillitis

Inflammation of the tonsils is called tonsillitis, cause most bacterial infections is Streptococcus beta hemolitikus but can also be caused by other bacteria or viruses. For bacterial infections of Streptococcus beta hemolitikus can cause dangerous complications of the disease spreading to the heart (rheumatik fever), joints, kidney, eye infection or inflammation of the lining of the brain.

Tonsillitis may be acute or chronic. Acute form that is not severe usually lasts about 4-6 days, and generally attacking the children at age 5-10 years. Initial symptoms may include fever, itching / dry in the throat, lethargy, pain when swallowing food, breath that smells. Furthermore, the result of inflammation, tonsils became swollen, hot, itchy, may present a complaint of pain in muscles and joints, pain throughout the body, pain in the head and ears.

Whereas in chronic tonsillitis, inflammation occurs repeatedly and long lasting. It could be a chronic irritation (cigarette, food), the influence of weather, the treatment of acute tonsillitis is not adequate, and poor mouth hygiene. Symptoms are often recurrent sore throat occur and pus may come out in the crook of the tonsils. Tonsils seemed enlarged, red, and there abscess (pus spots white yellowish). Enlarged tonsils / tonsil can be very large so that the left and right tonsils meet each other and can interfere with breathing path.

Should tonsils removed?

In principle, always worked out with drug therapy, before forced to undergo surgery. Tonsils of acute inflammation or swelling of the tonsils is not too big and not blocking the way of breathing, and complications usually do not cause unnecessary surgery / operasi.Biasanya new doctors recommend surgical removal to be done (Tonsilektomi) if the tonsils are enlarged such that cause blockage of resulting in respiratory distress, severe difficulty swallowing and speaking, allegedly as a nest of infection to other places and suspected benign tumor / malignant.

Although tonsils removed, according to this study there was no difference in immunity / immune significant between the undergoing tonsilektomi and who do not.