Tonsilitis Versus Strep throat: Its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

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• Is your throat sensitive to cold? Does your
  throat become swollen? Are you having issues in
  swallowing? These problems can be a symptom of
  tonsilitis or strep throat, which require prompt
  treatment from the best ENT specialist in Pimpri
  Chinchwad.
• Tonsillitis and Strep throat are often confused
  as interchangeable, but they are different from
  each other. Heres a brief account of how they
  differ in terms of their occurrence, causes,
  symptoms, and treatment.
• What is Tonsilitis?
• Tonsillitis is a condition of inflammation of
  tonsils. Tonsils are light pinkish coloured
  oval-shaped bumps on the throat, located just
  above its passage. They are a part of the
  lymphatic system or immune system that helps in
  fighting infections and protects various
  pathogens from entering the throat. So,
  tonsillitis indicates infection of the throat due
  to some pathogens.

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• What Is Strep throat?
• It stands for Streptococcal Pharyngitis. It is
  also an inflammatory condition of the throat but
  caused by an infection from a foreign body. Being
  a contagious disease, healthy people who come in
  contact with an infected person may also develop
  strep throat.
• Causes
• Tonsilitis is usually caused by the rhinovirus
  virus. Some other viruses such as Influenza A,
  Herpes, Epstein Barr also leads to tonsilitis.
• Strep Throat is typically caused by Group A
  Streptococcus Pyrogenes (GAS) bacteria.

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• Symptoms
• Tonsillitis
• The tonsils become red and swollen, and the lymph
  nodes appear tender.
• It causes Postnasal drip.
• The person may suffer from bad breath or foul
  smell.
• The tonsilitis may be accompanied by a runny
  nose, headache and high fever.
• The patient may face problem in gulping liquids
  and swallowing solid food.
• Strep throat
• It also causes red sore throat with puss in some
  areas.
• There is significant pain when swallowing foods.
• Since a bacteria causes it, the infection may
  reach to the abdomen through the food pipe the
  person may have abdominal pain.
• It also causes nausea and vomiting.

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• When to visit a doctor
• In the case of tonsillitis or strep throat, it
  would be better to consult an Otolaryngologist,
  commonly called an ENT specialist. An ENT
  specialist treats the throat, ear, and nose.
  Though some home remedies and medicines may offer
  temporary relief, you must not ignore its
  recurring symptoms and immediately visit an ENT
  Hospital in Pimpri Chinchwad in the following
  cases.
• If you are unable to swallow or even gulp liquid
  food
• If you experience too much of uncontrolled
  drooling
• If you suffer from a high fever, and temperature
  up to 101 Fahrenheit.
• If you experience fatigue and inability to eat
  food

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• General Home Remidies
• Although Tonsilitis and Strep throat both are
  caused by different factors, there are some
  common home remedies that provide relief in the
  early stages
• You can opt for Tea, coffee, warm milk, soups,
  dal, stews and kadhas even. Kadhas are specially
  formulated home remedy to get natural relief from
  cough.
• Make sure to gargle either with salt water or
  with preferable gargle medicine. Gargling is very
  effective as it rinses harmful germs from the
  throat.
• Avoid exposure to smoke or irritants like
  mosquito repellants and deodorants.
• Avoid eating oily food.
• Avoid citrus fruits like orange, kiwi, pineapples
  as they may aggravate sore throats.

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• Treatment
• Both Tonsilitis and Strep Throat are associated
  with infections that aggravate with time. Hence,
  delayed treatment may worsen the patients
  health.
• Some advanced cases need medical intervention. In
  such cases, the ENT specialist will examine the
  throat using swabs and may also ask for a throat
  culture test for Strep throat or might require
  you to do a rapid viral nasopharyngeal swab test.
  These tests and examinations direct doctors
  towards proper diagnosis and treatment. The
  doctor may prescribe some antibiotics to target
  bacterial infection or mat also recommend
  tonsillectomy surgery.
• At Citycare Hospital, our specialist is widely
  known as the Best ENT specialist in Pimpri
  Chinchwad. Our team makes a diligent diagnosis of
  such cases and provides the best-suited treatment
  for it. We are a technologically advanced and
  fully-equipped ENT hospital in Pimpri Chinchwad.
  If you are suffering from any ear, throat, or
  nose issues, immediately contact our team and
  book your consultation with our expert today.

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