Tonsillitis & Training

Triathlon Forum
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Hey all, appealing to the medicine types out there.

Am currently training for 1/2 iron distance 3 races this year and have come down wtih Tonsillits (bacterial type) and am now on 10 days worth of meds, day 2 today - feel a bit better today (meds working) but how long do I leave it before continuing to train - docs advice was fairly nonchalant and said leave it a few days and see how you feel but what do you lot think.

Apologies if broken any rules but new to ST and from the UK so excuses, so excuses…

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My completely random and non-founded advice is give it 24 hours from when you last had a fever. No evidence whatsoever but it’s what I would do.

Jodi

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After suffering from acute Tonsillitis, I 86’d my tonsils at 35 a year and a half ago. Have not been sick since. I used to train casually when I was on the meds.

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Just a warning, if you don’t kick it with the course of meds you are taking, it can continue to come back and it can be really bad. I would suggest waiting until you are really feeling good (not just an improvement).

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After suffering from acute Tonsillitis, I 86’d my tonsils at 35 a year and a half ago. Have not been sick since. I used to train casually when I was on the meds.

I was gonna say to do light training (recovery/light aerobic) until you are sure that you are not spiking fevers in the evening (when they tend to do so).
If you have a fever…the 24 hours post without meds to lower temp is a good rule to work from.

Other than that, do what you feel like doing is MD advice to you and seems reasonable.

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Thanks guys, feel pretty good now - no fever and off NSAID’s and paracetamol, just the Docs prescribed Anti-biotics. Will take all efforts out and just spin on the bike until weekend and then re-assess.