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Patients presenting with peritonsillar abscess may have a prior history of acute tonsillitis. Symptoms start appearing 2-8 days before the formation of [[abscess]]. Common symptoms of peritonsillar abscess include[[drooling]], [[dysphagia]], foul smelling breath, [[fever]], [[headache]], [[hoarseness]], muffled voice (also called ''hot potato voice''), [[odynophagia]], [[otalgia]] (on the side of the abscess) [[sore throat]] ( may be severe and unilateral) and [[stridor]]<ref>{{cite book | last = Ferri | first = Fred | title = Ferri's clinical advisor 2015 : 5 books in 1 | publisher = Elsevier/Mosby | location = Philadelphia, PA | year = 2015 | isbn = 978-0323083751 }}</ref><ref name="pmid18246890">{{cite journal| author=Galioto NJ| title=Peritonsillar abscess. | journal=Am Fam Physician | year= 2008 | volume= 77 | issue= 2 | pages= 199-202 | pmid=18246890 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18246890 }} </ref> | Patients presenting with peritonsillar abscess may have a prior history of [[acute tonsillitis]]. Symptoms start appearing 2-8 days before the formation of [[abscess]]. Common symptoms of peritonsillar abscess include[[drooling]], [[dysphagia]], foul smelling breath, [[fever]], [[headache]], [[hoarseness]], muffled voice (also called ''hot potato voice''), [[odynophagia]], [[otalgia]] (on the side of the abscess) [[sore throat]] ( may be severe and unilateral) and [[stridor]]<ref>{{cite book | last = Ferri | first = Fred | title = Ferri's clinical advisor 2015 : 5 books in 1 | publisher = Elsevier/Mosby | location = Philadelphia, PA | year = 2015 | isbn = 978-0323083751 }}</ref><ref name="pmid18246890">{{cite journal| author=Galioto NJ| title=Peritonsillar abscess. | journal=Am Fam Physician | year= 2008 | volume= 77 | issue= 2 | pages= 199-202 | pmid=18246890 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18246890 }} </ref> | ||
==History and symptoms== | ==History and symptoms== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Prince Tano Djan, BSc, MBChB [2]
Overview
Patients presenting with peritonsillar abscess may have a prior history of acute tonsillitis. Symptoms start appearing 2-8 days before the formation of abscess. Common symptoms of peritonsillar abscess includedrooling, dysphagia, foul smelling breath, fever, headache, hoarseness, muffled voice (also called hot potato voice), odynophagia, otalgia (on the side of the abscess) sore throat ( may be severe and unilateral) and stridor[1][2]
History and symptoms
History
Patients presenting with peritonsillar abscess may have a prior history of acute tonsillitis. Symptoms start appearing 2-8 days before the formation of abscess.
Common symptoms
Common symptoms of peritonsillar abscess include:[2]
- Drooling
- Dysphagia
- Foul smelling breath
- Fever
- Headache
- Hoarseness, muffled voice (also called hot potato voice)
- Odynophagia
- Otalgia (on the side of the abscess)
- Sore throat ( may be severe and unilateral)
Less common symptoms
Less common symptoms of peritonsillar abscess include:
References
- ↑ Ferri, Fred (2015). Ferri's clinical advisor 2015 : 5 books in 1. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Mosby. ISBN 978-0323083751.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Galioto NJ (2008). "Peritonsillar abscess". Am Fam Physician. 77 (2): 199–202. PMID 18246890.
- ↑ Ferri, Fred (2015). Ferri's clinical advisor 2015 : 5 books in 1. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Mosby. ISBN 978-0323083751.