Chronic tonsillitis is often cited as one of the possible triggers for a number of serious conditions such as eczema, hemorrhagic vasculitis or systemic lupus erythematosus. This inflammation of the palatine tonsils develops in those patients who often suffer from tonsillitis, and the cause of frequent tonsillitis and chronic tonsillitis is a streptococcal infection, less often staphylococcus. It is this pathogen that is usually found deep in the lacunae with inflamed tonsils. Adequate, timely treatment will help to avoid complications of chronic tonsillitis.
Why does chronic tonsillitis develop and why is it dangerous
The cause of chronic tonsillitis is a streptococcal infection. The provoking factor of its activation is usually called the weakening of the body's defenses, which occurs during hypothermia, with unjustified intake of antipyretic drugs or antibiotics, or after any infectious diseases. Against the background of a weakened immune system, a streptococcal infection often causes a sore throat, and it is repeated repeatedly. After repeated tonsillitis on the palatine tonsils, which protect the body from the penetration of microbes with air or food, lacunae form, where pathogenic microflora, in particular streptococci, is concentrated. These microorganisms become a source of chronic inflammation.
The following factors can contribute to the development of chronic tonsillitis as an inflammatory process localized on the palatine tonsils:
- polyps in the nasal cavity;
- deviated septum;
- carious teeth;
- sinusitis, adenoids;
- Inferior turbinate enlargement.
The danger of chronic tonsillitis is that a long-term inflammatory infectious process weakens the body and contributes to the development of a number of diseases – such as pyelonephritis, rheumatism, prostatitis, adnexitis, infective endocarditis. The role of streptococcal infection, activated due to chronic tonsillitis, in the development of some collagenoses – such as dermatomyositis or scleroderma, and also psoriasis, thrombocytopenic purpura, plexitis, sciatica.
Signs of chronic tonsillitis and its types
The first signs of an exacerbation of a chronic tonsillitis usually does not cause much concern in patients due to the paucity of specific symptoms. When questioned, the patient mentions the sensation of a foreign body when swallowing, bad breath, dryness and tingling in the throat. On examination, inflamed and enlarged tonsils are visible, the submandibular lymph nodes are enlarged and sore, and when taking an anamnesis, it turns out that the patient has had a sore throat two or three times over the past year, feels constant malaise and general weakness, quickly gets tired and often notes a slight increase in temperature for no apparent reason. .
Chronic tonsillitis can occur in a simple compensated form, which is externally manifested by swelling of the palatine tonsils, the presence of thickened arches and purulent plugs, as well as in a more severe – toxic-allergic form. With the toxic-allergic form of chronic tonsillitis, in addition to the above signs, joint and heart pains are added. Without proper treatment, this form progresses – serious functional disorders of the cardiovascular system, joints, kidneys join, general and local associated diseases can join – such as pharyngitis, arthritis, diseases of the endocrine and urinary systems.
How to properly treat chronic tonsillitis
The choice of treatment tactics depends on the form and stage of chronic tonsillitis, what diseases it is associated with. General activities relate to increasing immunity, the use of local immunomodulators. Treatment usually consists of antiseptic treatment of the tonsils, the introduction of antibacterial drugs into the tonsils, and sanitation of the oral cavity. If chronic tonsillitis in its toxic-allergic form causes a severe exacerbation & nbsp; associated disease, surgical removal of the tonsils may be recommended.
Thus, timely treatment of chronic tonsillitis will avoid serious complications and improve the patient's quality of life.
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