<p>Anybody ever have it? Fixed it? Do tell, please.</p>
<p>Ouch!
We see people hospitalized for this. The person probably should go to the ER.</p>
<p>Most painful thing I have ever experienced and I have had 2 kids by c sections and amputated a finger tip. Not kidding. I was told it needed to be dealt with asap, “people die from these.”</p>
<p>D1 had it sophmore year. I had to pick her up from school. She had very high fever and couldn’t eat. The doctor gave her a very high dosage of antibiotic. He gave her 1 or 2 days (I don’t remember) to see if the swelling would go down. She couldn’t notice any improvement until she was sitting in the doctor’s waiting room. She ended up not having to get the procedure done. She started feeling a lot better as soon as the swelling started to go down.</p>
<p>Peritonsillar abscess is when tonsillitis spreads to the surrounding tissues and pus forms. It causes difficulty opening the mouth, fever, difficulty swallowing and sometimes a muffled voice. Usually there is a red swelling just above the tonsil on one side, and the uvula is pushed over from the usual position in the middle of the palate.</p>
<p>Surgery is usually necessary, because antibiotics cannot get a high enough concentration in the pus to do much good (all abscesses have the same problem with poor blood supply). It is pretty simple to drain these (often done in the office with local anesthesia). Waiting while a person gets sicker is definitely not a good idea, because the infection can travel into the neck and chest.</p>