12rev:
They usually have a long list of people to operate on ahead, so you may have to wait your turn.

I know I need one but they haven't told me that I need operation. The doctor didn't examine my condition very well.

AbbynHummy:



Most Nigerian Doctors are like that, they allow you to waste your money and not that the money is going into their personal pocket (federal government teaching hospital).

I remember one time I went to the hospital for some complaint, I met a female doctor, she was so nice and even considered my economic status when I told her I was job searching, she just told me to run few tests first so that she can see the results before she proceeds as a result I didn't spend much money. But some will tell you to carry out uneccesary test.

Few weeks back I took my baby girl to the hospital, she was having discharge from her left ear, she wasn't running temperature and she was fine just the discharge from the ear. I went to the hospital in the morning (UBTH) and finally met the doctor around 1pm, this doctor (I guess he was a student doctor) used more than one hour to ask me questions not even related to why I was at the hospital. After everything, he didn't even examine my child's ear, he just said my daughter has an ear infection and she will be admitted. I told him right away that my child won't be admitted because she is not sick, had it been she's running temperature or she isn't feeding well maybe I would have agreed, I can't admit my newborn baby who isn't sick (people even go to the hospital healthy and come back home sick, because of the unhygienic environment) I remember when I gave birth to my second child (in a private hospital) the day we were discharged, I noticed a mosquito bite on my baby's face, few days after we got home she became sick, took her back , and test revealed she had malaria 2++, I told the doctor that it was at the hospital mosquito bit my child, the doctor was arguing with me that it isn't true.


Back to the story!

So the doctor later ordered some test,after he has gone round to ask his colleagues what to do, he took a swab of the ear and later came to collect blood sample, I ended up carrying out 3 tests and they were expensive, the least was #1500, my mind told me the test weren't necessary but I just didn't want to take any chances. The doctor prescribed an antibiotic too. We started the antibiotics and went back for the test result three days later, can you believe that one of the test result that I used my hard earned money to carryout was missing, I was told at the lab that a certain doctor came to collect all the test for that day and my child own was among, I almost cried because I went alone to the hospital with my baby who was just two weeks, the stress was just too much,I was running around from the children's clinic to the lab and from the lab to the clinic. I went to the lab twice and even almost caused a scene there, until they brought out their record, they even wrote the name of the doctor who collected the test result. I went back to the clinic, the result was no where to be found, the funniest thing was that the doctors were not even bothered. The test was full blood count, I told them that I didn't pluck the money I used in running the test from tree, so they must provide the result, I would have caused a scene there oh if not that my husband called and told me to just forget about it, now the ear swap showed a bacteria infection and the doctor told me to continue with the antibiotics that was prescribed before by the student doctor, and the test result indicates that the antibiotic is resistant to the bacteria been treated, the doctor even told me that if the infection doesn't clear up they'll refer me to ENT. And yes, the infection didn't clear up, I had to go back last week Saturday for a referal to ENT, I was like they should have just referred me to ENT initially if they know they don't have the equipment to check the ear to see what the inside was like, they allowed me to spend my money on uneccesary test and even allowed me to waste 7days giving strong antibiotics that was resistant to the infection to my daughter who was just two weeks old. Well, I took the referral to ENT and the doctor prescribed antibiotics eardrop, I'm praying this works.

They should have referred you to ENT initially. It pains me most because at last they'll go unpunished.

Carchoice:



Removing tonsil stones is quite easy only if you follow these steps.

1. Stop drinking cold water. Always drink water at room temperature.

2. Don’t drink water immediately after you finish eating, wait at least an hour or more before you drink water.

3. Other times when you finish eating, drink warm water instead. Add little salt to the warm water.

4. Every morning after you brush your teeth, drink warm water with salt. Do this after dinner before you get in bed.

5. Occasionally crush garlic and put inside warm water, add little salt and drink. You can do this in place of number 4.

6. Immediately you wake up, first thing to do is to brush your teeth and clear your throat. Gargle very well and clear your throat as if you are trying to cough out your lungs. Lol.


Do all this rigorously for a week or two. If you don’t get result call me bastard

Those drugs will not help. Do this and thank me later.

I don't have tonsil stones

seborrhic:

Try the drugs first.
Some inflamed tonsils respond to antibiotics treatment,despite what d other doctors might have made you to believe.
If the issue still persists after you finish your prescribed drugs,then on your next appointment you complain and the person attending to you then would now take a proper look into your case and still likely send you for further tests or scans,to be reviewed on another appointment date.
That's how it goes.
So just hope u get relief from the drugs, otherwise you might be looking at at least 6months-1 year before a surgical intention,if it needs that.

You made sense tho.... But I have taken all kinds all antibiotics. I've also read that taking too much antibiotics can make your body resistant to antibiotics. I'll try as much as possible to make him understand in my next appointment.
Doctors needs to be careful and understand their patients problems before prescription

seborrhic:

Was it a government hospital?
Secondly how much did you pay for the drugs?

Na government hospital
Drug na N5500

I have been having this problem with my tonsils for like 4years. I have been taking medications along the way but recently I decided to see a qualified doctor. The first hospital I went to, the doctor told me that I need surgery to remove the tonsils because it's has enlarged and no amount of drug can shrink it to normal size but he does not perform surgery. He referred me to Nnewi.

I went to a hospital there and the second doctor said the same thing, (that all I need is surgery) and referred me to a Teaching hospital. I went there, after all the go and come I was lucky to meet the doctor.

Inside the room there are two people. The main doctor and the one I think he's a student doctor (not yet qualified). The student doctor is the one that attended me. After explaining everything to him, he wrote all of them down. He went to show the main doctor for review but this doctor, instead of him to open the file and read what's written on the paper. He asked the student doctor questions concerning me. I noticed that the student doctor didn't explain everything like he wrote on the paper (I think he was afraid and doesn't want to make a mistake) so he missed so many things I told him. I tried to explain to the doctor myself but he didn't let me. All he's saying to me is "Do you want to treat your self or you want us to treat you". I don't know what to say again.
He ordered the student doctor to prescribe some drug for me and gave me 2weeks for my next appointment.


I wish he would have listened to me carefully and look into my mouth and check the Xray results I came with. He would understand me better.

The one that vexed me so much is the number of drugs they gave me. Is like they used cup of garri to sell drug to me. All they care about is Money . I wish the doctor is on nairaland so that he can see this.

Dominique lalasticlala help me

Testate:

It's about 250k

OMG

Bizriz:
You have tonsillitis.

You have several treatment options.
1. Antibiotics and NSAIDS will help. Benzyl penicillin injection stat will help and then you continue with penicillin and NSAIDs.
2. If the condition is recurrent, you may have to have your tonsils removed(tonsillectomy). It’s nothing to get you worked up. It’s a relatively straightforward procedure.

Cheers bro.

Do you know the cost of tonsil removal

BirdPHS:



You need tonsillectomy to remove them.

I only treat genital warts.
Check my signature if need me.

Do you know the cost of tonsil removal

harizonal123:

I recommend this. See your problem below. Not your teeth neither your tongue. So forget all those telling u to brush your mouth properly

Do you know the cost of tonsil removal

Juoflife1:
Tonsil stones. A surgery can remove it.
Sorry for the pain. Use augmentin.

How much does the surgery cost

I can say that mine is damaged and supposed to be remove for a long time but lack of money does not allow me. Please what's the average cost of tonsil removal in Nigeria (tonsillectomy). I need an idea

Oralissue:
Am new here i just registered today, hoping to get answers i having be living with pains in my mouth. for months now and it gets worse daily. i have meant with doctors did a swap test and found nothing in their test, i was asked to return 2weeks time, but my conditions is getting worse i feel feverish, weak and pains all over my body especially from my throat there are red linings at the back of my throat and white puses on the tonsils, please help out,
Any solution even if its local

How can i get this to front page

I have exams and its really disturbing

I have also taking several antibiotics nothing worked my oral swab showed no growth of any microrobes in my mouth


Please what could it be and what solution can help out

I'm begging you in the name of God. Let me know when you found a cure. I have been suffering from mine for 4yrs now. I don't know if it's the same with yours, I just need to try whatever that works for you.
Look at the picture below