I-tonsillitis isho ukuvuvukala kwama-tonsils. Ama-tonsils ngama-lymph nodes amabili angemuva komphimbo. Asebenza ngokuzimela, ukuze avikele umzimba ezifweni. Lapho ama-tonsils ethintwa amagciwane namabhaktheriya athile, lokhu kuholela ekwakhekeni kwe-tonsillitis.
Imbangela evamile ye-tonsillitis uhlobo lwebhaktheriya ebizwa ngokuthi yi-streptococcus pyogenes.
Izici eziyingozi
- Izingane nentsha: i-tonsillitis ebangelwa yibhaktheriya ivamile ezinganeni ezineminyaka engu-5 kuya ku-15. I-tonsillitis ebangelwa yigciwane ivamile eqenjini elinobudala ophakathi kuka-2 kuya ku-5.
- Ukuchayeka njalo kubhaktheriya nasemagciwaneni kungabangela i-tonsillitis.
Izimpawu
- Umkhuhlane
- Ukugodola
- Umuzwa oshisayo emphinjeni
- Izinhlungu emphinjeni ngemuva
- Izinhlungu zokugwinya
- Izinhlungu ezivela endlebeni lapho ugwinya
- Izinhlungu lapho uvula umlomo
- Iphunga elibi eliphuma emlonyeni
- Izwi elihoshozelayo
- Ukuphathwa yikhanda
Ukwelashwa
I-tonsillitis yelashwa ngama-antibiotics lapho ebangelwa ukutheleleka ngebhaktheriya. Ezinye izinyathelo zokunciphisa izimpawu zihlanganisa:
- Ukuqeda izinhlungu ngemithi yezinhlungu ebizwa ngokuthi yi-analgesics njenge-paracetamol noma i-buprofen
- Ukudla izinto ezimanzi
- Iqhwa elibekwa phezu kwendawo enezinhlungu
- Ukuhlanzeka komlomo namazinyo, njengokuxubha amazinyo njalo
Ezimweni zokuhlaselwa okuphindekayo kwe-tonsillitis noma lapho kunezinye izimpawu endaweni ezungeze umlomo, ukususwa ngokuhlinzwa kwama-tonsils (okubizwa ngokuthi yi-tonsillectomy) kuyacatshangelwa. I-tonsillectomy iphinde ibhekwe njengokuvuvukala kwama-tonsils okubangela ukuphazamiseka emlonyeni noma emgudwini womoya.
