Janet N., 9

Janet likes singing and dancing. She is a member of the school choir and looks forward to the music festivals when schools compete to see which school has the best blended voices. She loves eating roasted meat. Janet would like to be a teacher when she grows up. She was brought to the hospital with complains of pain on swallowing and swelling on the inguinal region. The pain on swallowing is worse with solid foods and she has also been having a running nose with flu like symptoms for the past 2 days she reports that the swelling on the inguinal region has been evident since more than a year ago and is evident when she coughs

Janet was diagnosed with both tonsillitis and a hernia. She first received treatment for the tonsillitis, after which she underwent a successful herniorrhaphy surgery. A follow-up phone call later confirmed that she is doing well and has recovered.

Hernia and tonsillitis prognosis are good. Hernia is treated by herniorrhaphy surgery procedure while tonsillitis is treatable with antibiotics to prevent further spread of bacteria into the blood causing sepsis and meningitis.