Nursing care of chronic tonsillitis.doc

Nursing care of chronic tonsillitis [Abstract] for the palatine tonsil with chronic tonsillitis and non-specific inflammation. More a result of the treatment of acute tonsillitis is not timely or properly, repeated acute attacks, the passage of time can become chronic tonsillitis, and can cause local and systemic complications. Serious when may affect people’s health and life, chronic tonsillitis is currently still the main almond resection. Therefore, the care of patients before and after surgery the recovery of the disease is crucial. [Keywords:] chronic tonsillitis Care Chronic tonsillitis is a chronic inflammation of palatine tonsil, and more from repeated episodes of acute tonsillitis or tonsil crypts evolved from poor drainage. Tonsillitis as a non-specific inflammation of palatine tonsil. Pharynx is a very common disease, mainly caused for the beta-hemolytic streptococcus bacteria. tonsil derived many systemic diseases, mainly arthritis, upper respiratory tract infections, these diseases so that patients can impair the health impact of different degrees of their life, work and study, it should be implemented tonsillectomy. First, the nursing assessment (A) health history 1. Ask the patient whether there is prior to the onset of acute tonsillitis and a history of recurrent respiratory tract inflammation. 2. See if there is rheumatic fever, acute nephritis, the performance of other systemic diseases. (B) the physical condition Patients often have sore throat, easy episode of influenza and acute tonsillitis, usually fewer symptoms, may have swallowed the dryness, itching, foreign body sensation, irritating cough, mild symptoms. If the tonsil crypt-like corruption within the retention properties of cheese or a large number of anaerobic infections, while there is bad breath. tonsil hypertrophy in children, may be shortness of breath, snoring during sleep, swallowing or speech resonance obstacles. sometimes accompanied by systemi