Q Do I still need to keep visiting even when there are no tonsillitis symptoms? When can I end treatment?
A Even without symptoms, it is recommended to maintain recurrence-prevention treatment for 3-6 months. A single check-up visit before the cold season also helps.
Detailed Answer
If you stop treatment immediately just because tonsillitis symptoms have subsided, there is a high chance of recurrence when the next trigger comes before lung-stomach function has fully recovered.
The Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
From a Korean medicine standpoint, maintaining constitutional correction for 3 or more months even after symptoms disappear is effective in preventing recurrence. If recurrence frequency has dropped below 1-2 times a year, a realistic way to wrap up is with a single check-up visit and tonic prescription before the cold season (September-October). The criteria for ending treatment are no tonsillitis onset in the past 6 months, and a state in which a cold does not spread to the tonsils when it occurs.
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