What causes cough in a child after tonsillectomy?
Patient: My three year old son had a tonsillectomy last wednesday and he has had a fever of 101 to 102 since and he has had to go to the hospital for fluids twice now and still is not drinking very much and today has a cough should I call the doctor again today? Doctor: your child is unable to drink and dehydrated because of pain after the tonsillectomy, which is quite common .but fever indicated an infection , a possible complication of any surgery or a concomitant Upper respiratory tract infection , which is usually vial and this explains the cough , anyway , your child must be carefully examined by his doctor to exclude any complications of the surgery .I hope this helps with the answer