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Please if anyone has a good home remedy to help comfort my little boy’s tonsils while we are on the waiting list to see ENT specialist – please share. It is constant, nothing seems to help and the rules are not like they used to be.

Posted by Karen, 3/7/2013

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  • Warm water with lemon and honey, a kind of tea.


  • Strepsils anti bacterial and anaesthetic cough lollies. They kill germs and numb the throat. Or there’s good old ice cream, I’m sure he’ll love that :))))


  • All of the obove .. But I tend to have icicle pops on hand in the freezer to suck on .. Helps


  • Honey is good for the throat, or give him cold things like ice cream or yoghurt.


  • get him to suck of ice and also honey is good for soothing the throat


  • I hope you’ve been able to see the ENT. I find sometimes a hot milo can help soothe a sore throat.


  • Did you find something that worked?


  • Ice cream, custard, yoghurt, ice blocks.. Warm honey and lemon drink?


  • did you find anything for him?


  • Ice-cream or frozen fruit pops (for the cold numbing) or maybe honey in a warm drink will sooth.


  • Hope all is well and he gets to see the specialist soon.


  • How long now before he gets a tonsillectomy?


  • honey may work, or warm salty water


  • I hope you have found some helpful suggestions here.


  • Hope some of the advice given has helped.


  • Hope you’ve managed to find something to relieve his pain


  • Gargling with warm salt water works if he’s old enough, otherwise I’m not sure what you would do. Were the chemist any help?


  • Ice cream and jelly warm milk.


  • So many useful tips from mums Hope you got the information you needed


  • gargle with a solution of warm salt water


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