Repeated Tonstilitis/Strep throat

[annie0000]

My 9 year old son is complaining again of a blocked throat this morning - this is usually the sign of a dose of tonstilitis or strep throat. We generally treat it with calpol and lozenges, although he ended up very ill a couple of years ago with post streptococcal glomerulonephritis and so we have been very wary since - he had another dose of tonstilitus at the end of June and had antibiotics which cleared it up.

If he is still complaining when he comes home again I will probably need to take him to the doctors. Is this somethng that he is likely to grow out of, or would he benefit from having his tonstils out? Has anyone had a child with this and was there anything that stopped the repeated infections or did you resort to having them removed?

[Sqad]

My opinion?
An attack of glomerulonephritis is certainly an indication for tonsillectomy.
In my opinion this should have been mentioned 2 years ago.

[annie0000]

Thanks sqad - He ended up in hospital with the glomerulonephritis, as he was peeing blood - we have no idea for how long as he didn't think to mention it! I took him to the GP as he hadn't got his appetite back after a sore throat and I thought he was a bit run down - he also looked a bit puffy. GP said his throt still looked a bit sore so was maybe making him reluctant to eat. If it wasn't for the fact that I was in filling the bath while he was having a pee then god knows what would have happened!

I get really wary now when he has a sore throat - they didn't mention anything about removing his tonstils when we were at doctors in June, if he is still complaining of what he calls "a blocked throat" when he comes home from school I will take him back to GP. Whilst i don't want to put him through an op unnessarily, it can't be good to keep having antibiotics either.

I have always been a great believer in leaving these things to get better themselves if possible to build up their immunities, but he does seem prone to a bad throat and if he gets a cold, it always gets into his chest.

Thanks again.

[Sqad]

OK...thanks for your feedback.