Lingual Tonsil

I have been coughing, down with fever and painful sore throat for nearly two weeks now. My attempt for self medication does not seem to work anymore; even drinking the young coconut water is not giving me any results. Off to Damansara Specialist Hospital I went today.

The ENT Surgeon with super TLC, was very meticulous in checking what was causing the pain in my throat. He was attired with some gadget on his head and over his eyes, at one point he reminded me of some outer space character face, which I could not put my finger to who it was. Anyways, I was asked to stick out my tongue, he pulled it hard and told me to relax. At the same time some kind of camera was pushed down my throat and the picture was captured on his computer screen.

Having done that, he told me that I am suffering from Lingual Tonsil. Hemm……. What?

Lingual Tonsil, this must be another tonsil on top of the one that I had removed some years ago. The picture showed that both my left and right lingual tonsils are enlarged and inflamed. But he did not see anything more worrisome at this point of time, however if the symptoms still persist after the one week of antibiotic, then a further test needs to be carried out. Ok, whatever la, I was prescribed with Prednisolone 5mg tab and Klacid MR 500mg tab.

He also gave me the option of going under the knife, but advised me that it will be a very painful operation; therefore it is better to go on antibiotics. I was told to even start taking the antibiotic immediately once I have the symptom in the future, or I will have to do the Barium swallow test to check of any abnormalities.

The fever and the weather is making me feel like a ticking time bomb.