may 7th, 08

Tonsillitis

There are 3 main types of tonsillitis: acute, subacute and chronic. Acute tonsillitis can either be bacterial or viral (75%) in origin. Subacute tonsillitis (which can last between 3 weeks and 3 months) is caused by the bacterium Actinomyces. Chronic tonsillitis, which can last for long periods if not treated, is almost always bacterial.

Symptoms of tonsillitis include a severe sore throat (which may be experienced as referred pain to the ears), painful/difficult swallowing, headache, fever and chills, and change in voice causing a "hot potato" voice. Tonsillitis is characterized by signs of red, swollen tonsils which may have a purulent exedutive coating of white patches (i.e. pus). In addition, there may be enlarged and tender neck cervical lymph nodes. (taken frm wikipedia)

yucks. it really look disgusting (in real pic). had been having it since lower secondary. but recovered after that. antibiotics are only useful to relieve it for awhile. then, it all depends on u to take real good care of ur throat. or it will definitely come back. had it again this sem. dont know how it started also...ish. even during exams (last week), it came again. just hate it.

doctors advised me not to eat this :

sour food

oily food
spicy food

and is advised to eat : ice cream

(suWei, sorry, i just cant resist frm curi-ing ur ice cream pic. hehe. it's my fav ! )

so, in the end, i usually eat :

.......

cos that's the best food to be consumed. that's how i lost 4 kg in juz 3 months time. wow.