how long is tonsillitis contagious for?

[MerlinsBeard]

DS1 has tonsillitis and started antibiotics yesterday (for the infection plus a mystery rash). he is much brighter but is missing his little friends as we have been quarunteened since saturday night. Is there a contagious stage or am i stuck in the house till its gone?

does ds have yellow tonsils? if not then its just a sore throat (viral infection normally with a rash) so antibiotics won't help. my dd is a year and has had it 7 times or so we think as the doctors don't seem to know how to spot it!! you aren't contagious with true tonsilitus (as its bacterial)- unless your son goes around snogging that is .My dd goes to nursery and htey are happy to accept her with tonsillitis.

I'm not sure it is truly contagious either, unelss he is planning to share saliva ! After a day or two of ab's he should be fine anyway.

abs won't help itf it viral. sorry to be ascare monger but we were fobbed off with tonsillitus and dd ended up in hospital after abs with a severe viral infection. i don't think you have to train to be a GP anymore!!!

he has white spots on his tonsils and tongue and honking breath! AB's helping him, he is a million times better. Had a group on that he could have gone to but thought it best to give it a miss.

Hes not a kisser so they would have been safe!:D

I was told 24/48 hours on the AB's and then you should be fine. Still taking mine by the way for my Strepthroat and getting there, give your Ds1 a huge hug from me and tell him I know how painful it can be. Oh and no kissing

def tonsillitus then. its rank when they breath on you isn't it!. To be honest although he isn't contagious he prob doens't feel much like socialising anyway. i used to suffer with it as a kid and so did Dh so it was a pretty good guess that dd would. Has he had it before? did you suffer from it as a kid?

i had horrible tonsilitis as a child, missed loads of school and felt like every 3 weeks or so i was off then my sis was off then i wa off again. had them out when i was 7. Its ds1's first time and the first time hes been properly ill as well. at least i know if i get desperate for a breath of fresh air i can take him to the park and not have to worry about them all having sore throats b4 we leave!

ali, how long have you had it for?

And he wouldn't let me hug him,he's glued to the telly!

bless him. i feel for him. i spoke to a peadiatrician about taking dds out when she is older and he reckons they won't do it no matter how much school they miss or how often they get it. When i asked why he just changed the subject. what a shame as i know that when i had mine out i felt a whole let better after!!!

i had such a fab time when i had mine out loL!

don;t remember any pain or anything like that(had my adenoids done at the same time) but remember a huuuuge teddy on the bed, a telly (we didn;t have one at home at the time) cornish pasty, soft cooked carrots and mint choc chip ice cream - mmmmmmmmmmm

dunno why i remember that lol

i remember having to eat toast before i left the hospital. Sadistic nurses!!!!

i remember having to eat toast before i left the hospital. Sadistic nurses!!!!

My doctor said tonsillitis can be bacterial or viral and it's very difficult for them to tell which by just looking at it. He said 1 is contagious and 1 isn't so therefore couldnt tell me which 1 my ds has