Icde cream as medication

Hi Ladyhemingway, The icecream does not really help heal after a tonsillectomy. The throat is very raw and sore and the icecream being so cold is soothing. It is one of the few things that a person can eat after having the tonsils removed. Broth, puddings,yogurts, applesauce etc are also good. The doctor gives a list of foods that can be eaten without irritating the throat after surgery and icecream is one of the ones on the list. It's not a medication.

Yes, I have heard of that!! I guess they "prescribe" ice cream as it's cold (good for healing wounds) and creamy - not abrasive to the throat after such a surgery. Sometimes they tell parents to give their little ones popsicles when they have a fever - to bring down the temperature. At least they will eat it because it's sweet and not get dehydrated - and cool down at the same time.

Really.This is a newer information.I thought that ice cream will worsen the things.And cool substance will increase the chance of tonsillitis?.Tonsillectomy is the surgery on the tonsils.right?.So how it is useful the curing of this.I am confused.I think it need some confirmation.

Interesting. For first time I hear that ice cream helps something but as the doctor says it helps so it help. And yes if you also like ice cream that I think maybe all we love is good way to cure your disease with pleasure.

While this is true that it is not a medication rather than just a soft creamy food that can be swallowed without any problem after having such a surgery, it is a good thing to know. I heard this years ago in fact, when I was a child. I guess they still kind of "prescribe" it so it must work as an aide to help the healing process.

I've heard that before, I also have a classmate (not friend? LOL!) who had a surgery and had his tonsils removed when he was 7. Ice cream was what he had consumed the most after the operation because the doctor told him so. ^^ But before I met him I've heard that already, that consuming cold foods or drinks could help remedy tonsilitis or sore throat as long as the food/beverage is not too sweet.

Hello lady. I and my brother had our tonsils out almost sixty years ago. Ice cream was the only thing we could even thing of eating. It was soothing to a very raw throat. I'm almost two years older tan my brother and I was so mad at him because he could eat the ice cream the first day and my throat hurt to much for even ice cream. He just sat in the bed next to mine eating ice cream all day long. I wanted to hit him for that at the time. The ice cream probably helped with the swelling of the surgery. I believe that a lot of surgeries have ice packs put on them to keep the swelling down and helps to stop any bleeding.

It is good for being able to swallow and keep the swelling down. She can enjoy it for a few days.

yes, it 'freezes' the throat and soothes the pain. doctors recommend that all the time.

Oh! wonderful....some kind of new information. One would jump in joy for being prescribed ice cream for an ailment. Let the curative properties of ice cream be certain and real.LOL

Being able to eat as much ice cream as I wanted, was the only good thing about my tonsillectomy!

That would be great that it could help somehow. Dentist also sometimes recommend eatingice cream to their patient after.

hi lady, I have heard of this for many many years the food of choice after that operation is ice cream. I don't know how much healing it does but it is certainly the easiet to go down a sore throat...

hi ladyhemingway! this is fascinating news, and best wishes to your friend on her healthful recovery! as mental and emotional health is the psychoartist's career field, i would like to point out that ice cream could definitely be used as an anti-depressant or anti-anxiety aid!

I never really thought about them being restricted as to what type they can have. But I suppose it makes sense all those lil extra things in the ice cream could irritate an already irritated area.

hi lady hemingway I am suprised that you did not know that as they have used icecream as the o nly food f or kids to eat while their tonsillectomies are healing for years I am 85 and was given ice cream to eat after having my tonsils out at six years. tr uthfully I was nit to fond of eating it as I h urt so bad.it reallyh does help the wound to heal too. another plus like chocolate,dark that is having antioxidents and being good for you.

i could say yes,but very seldom only,i used to eat ice cream when i have been removed tooth and this usually dentist told me to eat so that the bleeding of gum will stop and get heal faster,this is the only one that i used to eat ice cream.

ice-cream is just yummee.

DId you mean Ice??, yeah i agree, with you, ice cream have cool sensation, and it would heal the wound by freezing the blood.

Hello ladyhemingway I hope that your friend is recovering nicely from her operation. I remember when I was a child I was jealous of my brothers because they had the tonsillectomy and got to eat all the ice cream they wanted, but I never had that surgery. These days, I eat ice cream on a daily basis. I consider this to be a preventative medication.