The tonsils are the two small lumps found at the back of your throat. They are part of your
immune system that helps your body fight infections. When your tonsils are inflamed, then you
have tonsilitis. This is usually caused by a viral infection, or a bacterial infection. Contact us at Doral Health and Wellness to learn more about symptoms and treatments for tonsilitis.
Contact Doral Health and Wellness and talk to our primary care doctors if you need help
managing your symptoms, and looking for treatments for tonsilitis. They are the best doctors in
Brooklyn, and they can help and work you with your condition. Doral Health and Wellness also
has an urgent care facility that can provide you emergency medical assistance should you need
one.
Symptoms
If you have tonsilitis, you will mostly have a sore throat too. But having a sore throat doesn’t
necessarily mean that you also have tonsilitis. Other symptoms of tonsilitis can also include:
∙Pain when you swallow
∙You will find it hard to swallow
∙A high fever
∙Bad breath
∙Headache
∙Ear pain
∙Not feeling well, or feeling sick
Sometimes symptoms only last for a couple of days. But if you experience these symptoms for a
week, contact your medical provider immediately. Especially if your tonsils are swollen and
covered with white coating or spots of pus.
Causes
Tonsilitis is mostly caused by viral infections, while viral tonsilitis is usually because of a common
cold virus although it could also be caused by other viruses, such as the flu virus. Also, tonsilitis
can be caused by bacteria called streptococcus bacteria.
Diagnosis
Your doctor will want to check your throat to check how your tonsilitis will look. Usually, they
can diagnose tonsilitis just by looking at it and asking about your symptoms. There are no other
tests needed to confirm tonsilitis.
Treatment
Mostly, tonsilitis will get better on its own without having you take antibiotics. If your tonsilitis is
caused by a viral infection, your medical provider will not offer you antibiotics don’t work
against viral infections. Most of the time, your symptoms will improve after a week, even if you
do not take antibiotics. Your medical provider will only prescribe you antibiotics if you:
∙Have very bad kind of symptoms, which could mean that you have a severe bacterial
infection
∙Are prone to more serious complications
Tonsilitis usually improves within a week, but sometimes tonsilitis can keep on coming back
again and again. When this happens, you most likely to have a recurrent tonsilitis. If you have
this condition, you should consider having your tonsils removed.
Always stay on top of your health. Tonsilitis can cause you to have fever or high body
temperatures. You can visit Doral Health and Wellness. We have a family doctor that can help
you treat common illnesses. For more information you can visit us at 1797 Pitkin Avenue,
Brooklyn, New York, 11212 or call us at 1-347-384-5690. You can also visit our website at
https://doralhw.org
or contact us at
info@doralhw.org
if you have any queries. We have the
best primary care doctor in Brooklyn to provide you the best comprehensive medical care and
health care services.
For emergency situations, you can visit us at Doral Health and Wellness Urgent Care. Our
specialists provide urgent care for common illnesses and health problems. We also offer lab
tests, diagnostics, physicals, and screening that will help identify your health concerns. We are
located in several locations around Brooklyn. To know our exact locations, visit our website
https://www.urgentcareclinicbrooklyn.com or call us at 1-347-384-5690.
