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Tonsillectomy 7days ago. still toe curling pain and only managing 2hrs sleep a night, and living on the edge of medication every 4hrs pain not easing ?
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Tonsil: Ask your MD for a short course of prednisone. Avoid acidic foods, salt water, alcohol, smoking, mouthwashes. Get some anesthetic lozenges.
Answered 1/30/2017
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