what is the treatment for a peritonsillar abscess?

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What is the treatment for spinal abscess?

Answer 1

Usually drainage: Early abscess may respond to antibiotics and steroids but usually require drainage.

Answer 2

Related: There are glands located around the anal canal with ducts draining into the canal. These glands can become infected. When this happens, an abscess developes. Abscesses enlarge and gradually burrow their way to the surface and are either drained by a physician or drain spontaneously. About 50% of the time, the resulting tunnel from the anal canal to the skin persists as a fistula.

Answer 3

Infection: An abscess is an infection in the body. The body's response to an infection is to send white blood cells, and other elements of the blood, to the area. The depleted white blood cells accumulate after they have done their job and the body must get rid of them. A fistula is a tube-like structure that the body creates to drain the white blood cells (pus) to get rid of them.

Answer 4

Investigation.: Clinical findings are correlated with imaging studies and sometimes biopsy is performed.

Answer 5

Exam/CT: After performing an exam and gaining a suspicion, one's doctor may then order a ct scan or MRI to evaluate for an abscess, tumor or infection.

Answer 6

No: A peritonsillar abscess may well require surgical drainage. Adjunctive treatment with antibiotics would also be indicated. Neither of these modalities is available "over the counter".

Answer 7

All abscesses : Require drainage for proper healing. Regardless of location.

Answer 8

Yes... See A Dentist: Yes, treatment is required. Antibiotics may be necessary to resolve the pus which you are describing as a white pimple like growth. An abscess usually becomes more painful as it seeks to find a way out. At some point it will break open & spill the pus out into your system. You need to resolve this asap & see a dentist as the bacterial load will not be healthy for you & is potentially serious.

Answer 9

Yes: Most oral abscess will need to be drained and treated, and not just with antbiotics. You need to remove the cause of the infection inorder for it to heal completely.

Answer 10

No, not at all: Seeing a dentist is best. The dentist can evaluate the location and the size of the abscess. This then determines if antibiotics alone is needed, if antibiotics and some kind of cleaning procedure is needed, and if surgical intervention is needed.

Answer 11

Drainage- stop squee: Abscess caused by an infection of bacteria. Squeezing usually makes it worse and spreads the infection into otherwise healthy areas. Drainage is the only treatment. Heat may help and keep it covered and clean. I will have patients wash it with hydrogen peroxide. If it is bad then see your doctor to have it opened and drained.

Answer 12

Collection of...: Dead tissue and pus. Can be caused by many things. If your treatment is inadequate you need to see a doctor to have it opened widely so it can drain adequately, to find out its cause, and to prevent the infection from spreading.

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