Suggest Treatment For Swollen Tonsils

Posted on Thu, 25 Jun 2015

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Question : My 8 yrs old son has swollen tonsils in his mouth his aso titre 400 what medicine should be giben

Answered by Dr. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain (32 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Antibiotic should be given for streptococcal sore throat

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for the query

Swollen tonsils with raised ASO titre suggests streptococcal bacterial infection.
I would like to give antibiotic like amoxycillin clavulanic acid combination in a dose of 50 mg/kg/day in three divided dosage for 7 days.
If he is able to do gargle,warm saline gargle should be done 3-4 times a day.
Along with this decongestant(phenylephrine) with antiallergic(cetrizine/chlorpheniramine) syrup 3 times a day should also be given.

I hope this helps.
Please do ask if you have any more query.
Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar