Post tonsillectomy coughing up blood in 9 yr old boy

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Mahdi Malekpour, MD answered this Postoperative Care In Tonsillectomy

Guest over a year ago

My son had his adenoidectomy 7 days ago, and for the past 2 nights he woe up crying, coughing , and ended up spitting up mucous and blood. Not extreme amounts of blood, just enough to discolour the phlegm. so, I assume after reading all these posts that this is normal, but did anyone else have this same experience with tonsilectomies?

marcile52006 over a year ago

After a tonsillectomy children usually experience severe throat pain. Doctors suggest giving Tylenol or some other strong pain killer. The duration of pain varies for example my sister’s boy experienced this pain a lot longer than it is normal. It should range from several days to as long as 10 days but not more than that. Doctors also mentioned that the sooner her son is eating and back to regular activities the quicker the pain will be gone. Chewing gum or gummy bears also helps with the pain which is great considering how many children love candies and sweet.

He also had bleeding after the surgery. They have told us that it usually occurs in 1-2% of children after a tonsillectomy. This most often occurs 5-8 days after the surgery and the cause of this is falling off of the scab or white patch that has formed in the back of the throat.