Tonsillectomy

• The patient should have no food at all from six hours prior to the surgery.
• If the infant is undergoing tonsillectomy, bring along special formula/breast milk for post-operative feeding.
• If the patient’s is suffering from cough, cold, fever or throat pain, parents must mention it to the doctor and anaesthetist. 
• If the patient is allergic to any drugs that should be mentioned as well.

• The patient will not be allowed any drink or food till 4-5 hours after the surgery. After that cold water can be given to sip.
• After the patient eats or drinks anything, he/she should gargle their mouth with plain water and that should then be spit out.
• While mostly it is in throat, sometimes the pain can also be felt in the ears, jaws or neck that can last for up to a fortnight after the surgery.
• The patient should use pain medications as prescribed by the operating surgeon.
• The patient should be given plenty of fluids like cold water to drink or even ice-cream.
• The patient should eat only non-spicy and easy-to-swallow food.
• Patient should take a week’s bed rest and strenuous exercise, running and bike riding are not allowed for a fortnight
• The site of tonsils will have some discolouration that will take about 3 to 4 weeks to disappear.
• The patient may snore and breathe through the mouth due to swollen throat which will take 10-14 days to subside.
• The patient can have low fever for 2-3 days after the surgery.

The patient will be required to come for post-op check-ups in the OPD on  day 5, day 10, day 20, and day 30 after the surgery

• Bright red bleeding from the mouth.
• Fever might climb higher than 101 F and does not get better with medication.
• There might be excessive pain.
• Dehydration might happen, which will show up as dry mouth, tearless crying, no urine output for over a period of 4-6 hours and sunken eyes etc.