
Suggest Treatment For Dry Irritated Throat While Treating Tonsillitis

Not sure if im recovering at all?
Tonsilitis can also be viral
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
tonsilitis can be caused by bacteria or viruses. Viral tonsilitis is very common and antibiotics won't improve it. Bacterial tonsilitis can get better with antibiotics provided that the chosen drug is active against the pathogen. If you've had many attacks of tonsilitis in a short period of time and you've taken antibiotics, then bacterial resistance may have been induced.
Since your tonsils seem to be better, give it another 48 hours and if no improvement has occurred till then, a visit to your doctor would be recommended.
How's your temperature? Is it improving?
A longer than usual course of tonsilitis may denote viral etiologies like the Epstein-Barr virus (infectious mononucleosis) or other viruses.
Contact me again, if you'd like more information about your condition.
Kind Regards!

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