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What Causes Intermittent Mild Tonsillitis While Eating Cold Food?

Posted on Sat, 3 Oct 2015

Question: my child is 6 yes old and when he eat cold products like ice cream candy then he get tonsil and get fever he is very sensitive to cold food items

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (7 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You have told your kid's symptoms - please post you query

Detailed Answer:
Hi...You have told your kid's symptoms - please post you query.

In your query I need you to ask me what your current concern is like - fever or noisy breathing or inability to feed or weight loss or not eating well or recurrent cough and cold or wheezing etc.

Or please answer the questions below -
Questions:
1. How many days per month does she cough or feel breathless?
2. How many nights per month does her sleep get disturbed due to above symptoms?
3. Does she feel breathless when she runs around or plays with other kids?
4. Are the symptoms when there are seasonal changes?
5. Is there any family history of asthma or any other sort of allergies like skin allergy etc.?
6. Is the cough always associated with fever?
7. Is there any noisy breathing during sleep or snoring?
8. Does she have mouth breathing?
9. Is cold symptoms more or cough more?

Regards - Dr. Sumanth

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

Follow up: Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (26 minutes later)

he don't have cough, also he don't have breathing problem . sleep is fine. yes seasonal changes effect on his health. no asthma no skin problem. yea when he get cough then he get fever. no noisy breathing. no cough in present condition

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (9 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You need not worry as of now - he may not require surgery

Detailed Answer:
Hi... By what you quote I don't think that he well require any intervention as of now as the symptoms are not persistent and occur only with seasonal changes or with cold items. He might grow out of these symptoms eventually.

I do not suggest tonsillectomy surgery as of now.

This is intermittent mild tonsillitis and need not be worried about.

But if symptoms are continuous and his sleep is getting disturbed because of noisy breathing or snoring or obstructive symptoms then you need to consult an ENT surgeon regarding this.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth

Regards - Dr. Sumanth

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