How to prevent complications after a sore throat in toddlers
Angina is called an infectious disease,accompanied by inflammation, and as a result, an increase in palatine tonsils. With angina tonsils are covered with whitish plaques, the culprit of which is streptococcus. The disease, which began with a high temperature, develops rapidly - after a few hours the child complains of a sore throat. Narrowing of the tonsils makes it difficult to swallow food. Runny nose and cough are absent, unless complications after angina have of course begun. The earliest complication is the formation of suppuration in the tonsils, accompanied by a strong swelling of the surrounding tissues. This condition is extremely dangerous because of the chances of developing suffocation.
With tonsillitis tonsils can be simpleInflamed and swollen is a catarrhal angina. If you see whitish spots on the tonsils - the child has a follicular sore throat, and if the points are in the deepening of the tonsils, then lacunar.
It should be remembered that repeated cases of anginanot always bring only harm, the body learns to fight the causative agent of the disease, developing its own immune response. If ever the question arises about the removal of the tonsils, the doctor first of all will ask about the number of angina transferred. The more it is, the stronger the doctor will be inclined toward canceling the operation. Exceptions are children with a genetic predisposition. In children, one of whose parents is sick with rheumatism, the risk of complications after angina is high, so the operation should not be delayed. Consultation of a specialist with angina is mandatory, this is not a case with a common cold. Before the arrival of a doctor, it is necessary to limit the motor activity of the child, strict adherence to bed rest will reduce the likelihood of complications after angina.
Particular danger of complications is forfour-year-old children, because during this period, the children's own immune system can react violently to the pathogen and begin to develop autoimmune cells against itself. Late complications include focal nephritis, autoimmune disease - lupus erythematosus, rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis mentioned earlier. If the body's immune system can not fully resist the disease, then chronic tonsillitis develops, due to which the child's tonsils are constantly loose, impregnated with pus. This focus of infection is the cause of persistent headaches, infectious-allergic myocarditis. To prevent complications, after a sore throat, a control swab from the throat is taken from the children and a consultation of a cardiologist and rheumatologist is prescribed.
If the child complains of pain in the "bones", do notleave complaints without attention, this may be one of the signs of complication after angina - the beginning rheumatism. Do not take any action without consulting a doctor who will examine the child and identify the cause of the pain: either it is a rheumatism that has begun, or the body's reaction to high fever. Cough after angina may serve as another sign of the complication that has begun. The interrelation and close location of the ENT organs can provoke the development of otitis, sinusitis. Another serious complication after angina is meningitis. The development of complications after angina is indicated by the following signs: a feeling of fatigue, which appeared when walking short of breath, a thin bluish lipstick, pale skin, puffiness. Any of the listed signs should become an occasion for visiting the doctor. Angina is quite an aggressive disease for the child's body, but if you do not engage in self-medication, follow the recommendations of the treating doctor during the treatment of the disease and be observed after, it will pass without consequences!
