ON THE FOCAL TEST OF PROVOCATIVE STMULATIONS BY ULTRA-SHORTWAVE AND TONSILLAR MASSAGE IN THE CHRONIC TONSNLLITIS

Report 1. Changes of Body Temperature by Tonsillar Provccations

Abstract

The influence of tonsillar massage and ultra-short-wave irradiation upon the body temperature was observed in 320 patients with chronic tonsillitis. Following to the tonsillar massage for 5 minutes, the temperture war examined 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 45 minutes, 1 hour and 3 hours offer the stimulation. Also, after ultra-short-wave irradiation to both tonsillar regions for 5 or for 5 minutes, the examination of thetemperature was made 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 45 minutes, 1 hour and 3 hours after the irradiation.
The control group was also studied.
Provocative responses of the temperature was most remarkable in the patients with tonsillar systemic diseases, such as slight fever, rheumatoid arthritis and nephritis.
In patients with tonsilar complications, the temperature increase was maximum at 15 minutes after tonsillar massage and the patients without such complications showed the highest rise 45 minutes after that stimulation while after the irradiation by ultra-short-wave the temperature increase was most remarkable at 15 minutes in those either with or without secondary complications.
Ultra-short-wave irradiation was preferable to tosillar massage and the irradiatioh for 15 minutes was most advisable.
The stimulations upon the patients with systemic diseases showed their greatest effects in 45 minutes and the effects after one to 3 hours were of no significance.
In control group, rise of the temperature after both provocations never exceeded more than 0.5°C.
From the results above mentioned, in patients with chronic tonsillitis the temporary rise of body temperature more than 0.5°C 15 minutes after the stimulation may be admitted to be diagnostically significant.