Home Remedies for Tonsillitis

Tonsillitis is one of the most awful infections for young children and adults. Swallowing, eating and drinking is almost impossible and with it generally comes a massive fever, pain and inflammation. Any mom will know that with Tonsillitis around, a good nights sleep is almost impossible.

So what exactly is Tonsillitis?

Tonsillitis is a type of inflammatory virus that causes tissues within the tonsils to become infected with harmful bacteria. The tonsils are two small, oval-shaped pads located in your throat, which have the important job of blocking bacteria and pathogens from invading the body once they enter through the mouth. The majority of tonsillitis cases are caused by strepptococcus pyogenes. This is a bacteria often naturally found in the tonsil tissue. The problem arises when these bacteria start to outnumber the good bacteria (probiotics) in the body, thus leading to infections that can cause pain, swelling and disease-causing inflammation.

What are the symptoms of Tonsillitis?

In many cases the symptoms of tonsillitis include a very sore throat, fever and chills, redness around the tonsils and throat, swollen lymph nodes, painful blisters or ulcers on the throat, loss of appetite, pain in neck and ears and headaches. As adults we are generally able to identify whether we have tonsillitis very quickly but a baby or small child are unable to tell you that their throat is sore and therefore the tonsillitis is sometimes not noticed.
So here are a few home remedies for tonsillitis that you can try with your little one to help ease the pain;

Home Remedies

1. Have plenty of fluids
For the relief of sore throats fluids such as warm water, sucking on ice or drinking very cold fluids can really help to reduce swelling and may be easiest to get small children to drink. Avoid at all costs very sugary drinks, carbonated drinks or very hot drinks. Water, diluted natural fruit juice, cold ginger tea and even fruit smoothies are best in this case.

2. Gargling with salt water
For children over the age of 8 gargling with salt water is a great home remedy for tonsillitis as the salt water helps to reduce pain and inflammation. Be careful however that yoru child doesn’t swallow the mixture but spits it out after gargling.

3. Liquorice Root
Liquorice root has been used for centuries to help with sore throats and inflammation. Try get hold of liquorice root lozenges for children over the age of 8 to suck on. It’s a tried and tested home remedy for tonsillitis.

4. Avoid inflammatory foods
Unfortunately in today’s world we are bombarded with inflammatory foods at every corner. Some you may not even be aware of such as soy, refined vegetable oils, processed food, high sugar snacks and fresh produce sprayed with pesticides. All of these foods aggravate inflammation and upset your digestive, circulatory and immune systems.

5. Increase anti-inflammatory foods
Excellent sources of anti-inflammatory foods include Omega-3 foods such as salmon, nuts and seeds, green leafy vegetables, unrefined oils and herbs and spices. These raw and natural foods help the body to strengthen and improve the immune system. Eating these foods on a regular basis will help to prevent infections such as tonsillitis.

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