If you have recurrent tonsillitis, your doctor may recommend removing your tonsils. It is more risky to keep tonsils in the body, which have become unable to perform a defensive function due to frequent inflammation, and have even begun to harm health, than removing chronically inflamed tonsils. After removing the tonsils, it is not possible to get sick more frequently because other tissues in the throat and body that function like tonsils can produce sufficient cells and substances that fight microbes.

Your doctor may recommend tonsillectomy if one or more of the following conditions are present:
• Enlarged tonsils that prevent breathing
•The tonsils cause difficulty in swallowing and swallowing.
Frequently recurring sore throat and throat inflammation
•Tonsillitis can be caused by otitis media, sinusitis, etc. causing complications

-Tonsil surgery is performed under general anesthesia. This means that the surgery will be performed in an operating room and an anesthesiologist will be present alongside the surgeon during the surgery.
-The surgery will take approximately 20-30 minutes. However, when the start and end times of general anesthesia are added, the total time spent in the operating room can increase up to 1-1.5 hours.
-The surgeon will remove the tonsils from inside the mouth. There is no need to make an incision in the skin for tonsillectomy.
-The surgeon will remove the tonsils and stop the bleeding.
-The patient will wait in the recovery room after the surgery until the effect of general anesthesia wears off. If there are signs of breathing difficulty or bleeding, you may need to be taken back to the operating room.
-The total length of stay in the hospital is usually 1/2 or 1 day.
-Juicy foods should be consumed on the day of surgery (e.g. water, milk, non-citrus fruit juices, pudding, pudding, yoghurt, ice cream)
-The day following the surgery, in addition to the above, mashed potatoes softened with milk
-On the second and third days following the surgery, soft vegetable dishes, pasta and rice can be eaten in addition to the above.
-From the fourth day, normal nutrition can be started, excluding hard foods that may irritate the throat, such as bread slices, biscuits and chips.
-Use the pain medication recommended by your doctor regularly and for the recommended duration. Do not use any other medication unless your doctor recommends it.
-You can take a bath the day after the surgery, provided that it is not too hot or too long.
-Rest for the time recommended by your doctor or do not send the patient to school if the child is sick. This period may be between 5-14 days.
-Sports activities should be restricted for two weeks.
-The area where the tonsils are located remains an open wound after the surgery. For this reason, there may be a sore throat and pain in the ear when swallowing.
-If you look at the throat, you will see that the area where the tonsils are located is white-yellow. This appearance is not due to inflammation and will last for 15-20 days. The surgery area will then be covered with a pink tissue similar to that inside the mouth.
-Bleeding after tonsillectomy that requires re-intervention is rare. The risk of bleeding is highest in the first 24 hours. If fresh blood comes from the mouth or dark-colored digested clot is vomited, call your doctor immediately. Although it is even more rare, the second risky period in terms of bleeding is around 7-10 days following the surgery. The risk of bleeding is higher in adults than in children.
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