Five days ago I had trouble swallowing and
felt dryness in the rear area of my tongue
and throat. The next day these symptoms
were still present. I got out of bed and
spit some saliva into the sink, I noticed
trace elements of blood in the siliva. A
got a flashlight and notices that my right
palatine tonsil had three fairly large
orifices. Apon closer examination I
noticed that when I flexed my tonsil area,
as if I was tring to spit up mucus, there
was small amount of blood that drained
from the tonsil area onto my tongue. This
presisted for five to eight spits then the
bleeding stopped. This has occured now
for five nights and I am begining to
worry. What is wrong and is there
anything I can do over the counter to
correct this problem.
Regards,
chris
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Forum Girl
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2003 Posts: 207 Location: Orlando, Florida
Posted: 01-05-04 21:24pm
I think bleeding tonsils are considered
pretty serious. I never had bleeding
tonsils but I did have horribly infected
ones and had to have them removed 8 months
ago. After the surgery they tell you
that if you have any signs of bleeding for
the next two months you have to
immediately go to the emergency room.
The impression I got from the doctor was
that it is difficult to control bleeding
in your throat because its moist and you
swallow constantly and that makes it
difficult for clots to form. Therefore,
you have to go to the emergency room and
they do emergency surgery to stop the
bleeding.
While yours doesn't sound very serious
yet, if you let it go without treatment it
may continue to get worse. You
definitely need to go see a doctor.
