tonsillitis - IS NO JOKE, kid

listening to when will - barry manilow

first, for all the other ignorers like me, the definition of tonsillitis

Tonsillitis

The inflammation of the tonsils is called tonsillitis. The infected tonsils become red and swollen, to work better to trap or stop the disease force - bacteria or virus. They also get coated (either partly or entirely) with yellow, grey, or white substance, depending upon the type of infection and pus formation. Tonsillitis begins with a sudden sore throat and painful swallowing. The tonsils infection is common in children and teenagers but rare in adults.

Causes: (in my case)

It also occurs as an allergic reaction to allergens, for example pollens, cold things, food preservatives, drugs, mechanical injury, etc.

Symptom:

Red swollen tonsils - felt or visualised as a lump in throat

Sore throat which induces constant hawking and choking

Difficulty and pain during swallowing - due to obstruction. Sore throat is felt as tight constricted area, so there is delay in eating, which further produces aversion to food and weight loss.

Difficulty in breathing - due to the blockage of air way by enlarged tonsil. This may lead to snoring, mouth breath and restlessness at night due to sleep apnea (large pauses between two breaths). Due to sleeplessness at night, there will be excessive tiredness in daytime.

Poor growth and development due to air hunger and lack of appetite or aversion.

Excess salivation and dribbling of saliva when mouth breath predominates.

White spots or yellow or grey coating over the tonsils

Painful or painless lymph node enlargement below the angle of lower jaw (lymph nodes. sara, YOU WERE RIGHT)

Avoid:

Spicy and chilly foods

Smoking

two things i really cant live without but i will try. i swear.

Source

i would even upload a picture of my thraot but i dont want to disgust all you people. but click on the link above theres a picture of that thing. you will have an idea what my mouth looks like at the moment. all red :|

the first day (which was like two days ago) i thought its a minor infection. bleh. lets eat hot spicy samosas from our cheap cafe. and the next thing i know is i m lying in bed at night crying my ass off with salwa lying next to me and she asking me 'are you okay?' and i go 'yes' meekly. she also thought i d a lil throat problem. but my tomorrow morning it had gotten worse. i looked at my thraot in the mirror and OH MY GOD to my horror i didnt even knew what the fuck ever happened to it. i thought i lost my voice :\. so i text salwa (not being able to speak) i ve this this prob and she said she ll come home and take a look at it. she looks at my throat and calls my doc aunt. she tells on the phone that i ve tonsillitis, gave some medicines. but this morning i went to see a doctor again and he gave some more medicines and says 'aapko toh tonsillitis hai bahut zabardust kisam ka' :(

do you ve any idea? i didnt spoke to anyone in the last 24 hours? no calls? no nothing? been lying in bed all day. fever coming going. not being able to drink/eat ANYTHING? not being able to even swallow your own saliva? its like by now i thought menstrual cramps was the only worst thing but NO, tonsillitis beats that anyday.

i wish i was dead with THAT kind of pain. and with me being SO lucky having a kickass sister, who made my practical copy, bought medicines, came rushing to me on a missed call asking me after every half an hour if i need anything. and ammi making soup/yakhni/tea.

mussay, feeling much better. i m hungry :\ oh wait, soups on its way.