Quinsy
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Quinsy - Peritonsillar Abscess
Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
Symptoms & Signs
Diagnosis & Tests
Prevention & Expectations
Treatment & Monitoring
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Quinsy is not common. This is because most people with tonsillitis have effective treatment early enough to prevent quinsy from developing. For every 100,000 people with a sore throat, 96 may develop quinsy.
Alternate Names : Quinsy, Abscess - peritonsillar
Definition
Peritonsillar abscess is a collection of infected material in the area around the tonsils.
Quinsy
This is also known as peritonsillar abscess. An abscess is a collection of pus. Quinsy is an uncommon condition where an abscess develops next to a tonsil due to a bacterial infection. It usually develops just on one side.
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kwnzi noun acute throat inflammation with an abscess round a tonsil Also called peritonsillar abscess ...
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Cynanche Tonsillaris. The characteristic symptoms of this affection are, swelling and florid redness of the mucous membrane of the fauces, and especially of the tonsils; painful and impeded degluition, accompanied with inflammatory fever.
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Quinsy; Abscess - peritonsillar
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Peritonsillar abscess is a complication of tonsillitis. It is most often caused by a type of bacteria called group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus.
Quinsy; Abscess - peritonsillar
Causes
Peritonsillar abscess is a complication of tonsillitis. It is most often caused by a type of bacteria called group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus.
Quinsy; Abscess - peritonsillar
Updated by: Alan Lipkin, MD, Otolaryngologist, Private Practice, Denver, Colorado. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
Quinsy is peritonsillar abscess. It is an infection of the tonsil, between the tonsil and the pharyngeal constrictor muscle. The solution is not a tonsillectomy, but the care specified below.
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Quinsy: An acute inflammation of the tonsils, often leading to an abscess. Synonyms: suppurative tonsillitis, cynanche tonsillaris, paristhmitis, sore throat.
Scarlatina: Scarlet fever. A contagious disease.
1. Quinsy - an abscess (area of continued infection and pus) forms in tissue bordering on the tonsil. This causes further pain, fever, and difficulty swallowing.
Abscess (quinsy) and cellulitis probably represent a spectrum of the same process in which bacterial infection of the tonsils and pharynx spreads to the soft tissues.
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Internal uses were also pursued, to slow the pulse, as a sedative in pericarditis and heart palpitations, and well diluted as a mild diaphoretic, or to reduce feverishness in treatment of colds, pneumonia, quinsy, laryngitis, croup, ...
(also called "quinsy"), purulent collection within the peritonsillar space, between the tonsillar Capsule: A membrane, surrounding and thus containing and protecting an organ, e.g. kidneys, liver, joints. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n '); ...
Abscesses forming in the throat (peri-tonsillar abscesses or 'quinsy').
A child failing to thrive because of difficulty in swallowing due to frequent infection and enlargement of the tonsils.
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Retropharyngeal Abscess. Peritonsillar abscess or Quinsy ... A Peritonsillar Abscess is the collection of infected material around the tonsils. ...
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It can also be used as an antiseptic gargle to cure throat infections and is said to be good for quinsy, which is an infected and very painful throat condition.
This is termed a peritonsillar abscess (or quinsy). Rarely the infection may spread beyond the tonsil resulting in inflammation and infection of the internal jugular vein giving rise to a spreading septicaemia infection (Lemierre's syndrome).
An infection can cause a pus-filled swelling (abscess) to develop in this space. Peritonsillar abscesses, also called quinsy, usually occur as a complication of tonsillitis.
Epiglottitis was first described in the 18th century and was accurately defined by Le Mierre in 1936. Although George Washington's death in 1796 was attributed to quinsy (peritonsillar abscess), which is a pocket of pus behind the tonsils, ...
If sufficiently large this can need surgical drainage (Quinsy throat).
In very rare cases, diseases like rheumatic fever or a particular kidney disease (glomerulonephritis) can occur.
One relatively common complication of tonsillitis is the development of an abscess in the tissues around the tonsil, known as a peritonsillar abscess, or quinsy.
A peritonsillar abscess is sometimes called quinsy.
Ludwig's angina - an abscess beneath the tissues in the floor of the mouth.
Other complications of untreated tonsillitis include viral or bacterial throat infections (pharyngitis), dehydration due to difficulty swallowing fluids, difficulty breathing (airway obstruction), and abscesses in other parts of the throat (quinsy ...
 See also: Abscess, Symptom, Fever, Sore, Tonsillitis
  
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