Tonsillitis is a disease that causes inflammation of the tonsils, their enlargement and redness. Sometimes there is a filling of pus in the recesses of the tonsils, called lacunae. In the chronic form, the need for antibiotics, as well as other methods of treatment, is recognized. These include washing the lacunae of the tonsils - a medical procedure that consists in removing the bacterial flora present in the lymphoid tissue. Consider why it is needed and how it is carried out.
What are tonsils for?
Often, ENT specialists prescribe vacuum washing of tonsil lacunae for their patients. In fact, the tonsils are a collection of lymphatic tissue that performs an immune function. But their structure has such a feature that a favorable condition is created for food particles and desquamated epithelial cells to get stuck. In turn, this is an environment for the accumulation and reproduction of bacteria, especially staphylococcus and streptococcus. Therefore, it is necessary to clean the tonsils periodically and in time, so as not to contribute to the prosperity of the infection. For this, washingpalatine tonsil lacunae.
Benefits of the procedure
- The most important property of the method is efficiency. There are clinically proven results of such therapy. Washing the lacunae of the tonsils can reduce even the most persistent disease to a state of long-term remission.
- Second is the safety of the method. When flushing, injury to the mucous membrane or damage to the tonsils cannot occur.
- The absence of allergic reactions is another important plus of the procedure, which cannot be said about systemic antibiotics.
- The affordable price of such a procedure as washing the lacunae of the palatine tonsils allows for a course of treatment.
- Timely cleaned tonsils are not so at risk of exacerbation of the disease, which means that the likelihood of a surgical operation - tonsillectomy (removal of the tonsils) is reduced.
- A small number of contraindications, as well as the absence of age restrictions, make washing the lacunae of the tonsils a popular procedure.
Contraindications
Among those, the following pathologies and conditions of the body can be listed:
- acute infectious disease;
- hypertension;
- cancer pathologies;
- active tuberculosis;
- VNS violation;
- atherosclerosis;
- retinal detachment;
- early and late pregnancy.
In the case of pregnant patients, only the ultrasound method is contraindicated.
Hardware methodsflushing
Vacuum washing of tonsil lacunae with Tonsilor, a special device, is a multifunctional procedure during which the tonsils are simultaneously washed with an antiseptic solution and cleaned. The pressure gradient created by the vacuum removes the contents of the gaps, and the antiseptic helps to destroy the bacterial flora.
The advantages of the method include:
- effective cleansing of the tonsils not only superficially, but also with deep penetration;
- no need to use an additional tool, all manipulations are performed with one nozzle;
- after a course of treatment, tonsillitis goes into remission.
Despite all this, there are also disadvantages:
- treatment cannot be carried out at home, as the hand of a specialist is required;
- contraindications in the first and third trimesters of pregnancy, the entire period of which is characterized by an increased risk of exacerbation of tonsillitis due to reduced immunity.
Deep ultrasonic washing of the tonsils combined with vacuum. Physiotherapy devices for such procedures generate ultrasound with a frequency of 26.5 kHz, which causes the effect of cavitation (the formation of gas bubbles with their subsequent bursting). It is characterized by the ability to destroy bacteria and thin the contents of the gaps, after which they are easy to clean.
The undoubted advantages include:
- combination of deep cleansing with ultrasonic administration of drugs, whichpromotes sanitation and healing of areas of inflammation;
- bacteria die and are removed along with the contents of the gaps, which served as a breeding and feeding place for them;
- all manipulations are carried out on the same machine.
The only drawback of the procedure is that there are contraindications for pregnant women.
Flushing preparations
Washing of the lacunae of the tonsils can be carried out using any antiseptic solution suitable for the mucous membrane. Basic requirements for it:
- no toxicity;
- prevention of chemical burns of mucous membranes and tonsils;
- presence of a wide spectrum of antiseptic effects, i.e. bactericidal effect against the main pathogens of tonsillitis: staphylococci and streptococci, as well as viruses and fungi, so that after sanitation of the pharynx the biocenosis of the flora is not disturbed;
- comfortable solution temperature that does not cause thermal burns and does not provoke a drop in local immunity;
- no allergic components.
The most commonly used for antiseptics is the Furacilin solution. For the same purposes, the drug "Miramistin" is suitable - a bacteriophage of staphylococcus aureus. Chlorhexidine solution is popular and affordable, and hydrocortisone ointment is used for phonophoresis.
How often should I flush my tonsils?
The procedure should be carried out as needed, for example, with exacerbations of tonsillitis. Also atin the presence of symptoms such as difficulty swallowing, bad breath, it is advisable to periodically flush the lacunae of the tonsils. The reviews of many patients about the results of treatment are positive, you should only choose a competent ENT doctor who will tell you whether physiotherapy is necessary at the moment and whether it can be combined with taking antibiotics.
Cost of treatment
Since the main purpose of washing the tonsils is to destroy the infection and remission of chronic tonsillitis, a single manipulation is indispensable here. Even if the procedure is carried out in the most thorough manner, it must be remembered that the process of formation of the bacterial flora is continuous. In addition, dying epithelial cells serve as an environment for their stay and reproduction. Plus dead bodies of white blood cells fighting infection and food particles stuck in tonsil plugs.
All this leads to inflammation, bad breath and other consequences. Even if you don't have chronic tonsillitis, you can do a tonsil flush for hygiene reasons.
All of the above factors suggest that treatment should be a course and include five to ten procedures such as washing the lacunae of the tonsils. The price of a single manipulation depends on the place of its implementation, drugs and equipment. Usually this amount does not exceed 1,000 rubles, which means that the entire course will cost 5,000-10,000 rubles.
Finally
In chronic tonsillitis, it is important not to runthe process of inflammation, because it can lead to other consequences and complications on the internal organs and joints. It is necessary to consult a doctor in a timely manner, who will prescribe treatment, select the required number of washings of the tonsils and the drugs used for them. The clinic chosen for these purposes, its equipment with the necessary materials and tools also plays a big role.
