Does tonsillectomy help strep throat?
Tonsillectomy should decrease the frequency of strep throat after surgery. Removing the tonsils does not cure strep throat, but most individuals will experience fewer infections in the future after tonsillectomy. Step throat is a bacterial infection caused by exposure to the bacteria, often from the cough of another person affected. Surgery is generally delayed a few weeks after the most recent episode, except in circumstances where an abscess around the tonsil has failed antibiotic and surgical drainage. In this circumstance, a tonsillectomy may be performed soon after the treatment of the tonsil abscess.
