Avoiding Straining the Voice
The inflammation of the throat can affect the quality of a person’s voice. It can be tempting to fight this by speaking louder than usual or shouting, but doing so can only cause more damage to the throat. Thus, patients with tonsillitis are advised to give their throat and vocal cords some time to rest and heal.
This recommendation can be extra hard for people with jobs that require them to talk most of the time. For instance, teachers, customer service providers, hosts, reporters, singers, and team leaders might find it hard to do their jobs without verbal communication. This is why experts ask their patients to take some time off work to rest and allow the body to recover from the infection. Pushing too hard can only worsen the situation and may prolong the healing process.
Moreover, if the patient finds the pain unbearable, he should make an urgent appointment with a doctor since it can indicate an underlying health condition.
