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Suggest Treatment For Swollen Tonsils
My 5 year old son was prescribed 3 days of prednisolone 7.5 ML twice a day for swollen tonsils. He has frequent strep and tonsillitis but this is the first time on a steroid. I m just weighing out the options of giving it to him or not. Most cases show the swelling comes back right after you stop giving the steroid. Thank you,
Thu, 6 Jul 2017
Anonymous's Response
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you must know steroids have many side effects especially on children however it give agood result in decreasing the swelling in tonsillitis but not favorable to use in tonsillitis the drug of choice in tonsillitis antibiotics (duricefe 250/6 ml every 8 hours) with antipyretic as paracetamol
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