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What Causes Swollen Tonsils And Hoarse Voice Post Dog Scratch?
My 7 year old daughter was scratched on her lower lip by our dog. It did bleed for only a moment and was fine. The next day the lip looked normal with some swelling as to be expected with a simple cut on the lip. Now my daughter is hoarse and her tonsils are swollen. Could this be from the scratch? She does now have a canker sore on the inside of her mouth where the dog scratched. Its not large and I have used Chloryseptic on the sore and on her swollen tonsils. She was scratched on Tuesday and today is Thursday when she woke up with the additional issues. Just not sure if I am over thinking this or not.
Fri, 13 Feb 2015
hi,the swollen tonsil and sore voice is not due to dog scratch.if your is properly immunise for rabies ,you need not to worry ,otherwise you take your child for rabies vaccination as soon as possible.the swollen tonsil is due to throat infection which cause sore voices.continue with the chloryseptic gargle in warm water,along with an antibiotics under your doctor supervision...thanks
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