Tonsillitis occurs when the tonsils are overwhelmed by bacteria. If it keeps occurring, the patient probably has chronic tonsillitis and needs their tonsils removed.
Tonsillitis is typically caused by bacteria or viruses and is not a sexually transmitted infection. However, kissing or intimate contact with someone who has tonsillitis can potentially spread the infection.
No, if you have no tonsils then you cannot have inflamed tonsils.
No. As the name indicates, it is an infection or inflammation of the tonsils. However, there can be genetic predispositions to tonsillitis, with it running more in some families than in others.
Tonsillitis has likely been recognized for centuries, with descriptions of the condition dating back to ancient times. However, the formal understanding and classification of tonsillitis as a specific medical condition likely evolved over time as medical knowledge advanced.
The symptoms can include a Headache, although there can be other factors affecting it's severity. A visit to your Doctor will usually get this sorted out. http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/tonsillitis.htm
theres no set amount but if you keep getting the same symptoms then its time to get it checked.
No, strangle and tonsillitis are not the same thing.
Example sentence - I was sick with tonsillitis three times last winter.
Tonsillitis is caused by bacteria that infect the tonsils. Since there are so many different types of bacteria that can cause tonsillitis, there is no way to know how it originated.
there is an irwin moore sign/squeeze test for chronic tonsillitis (one of the criterias to confirm chronic tonsillitis)
the icd-9 code for chronic tonsillitis is 474.00
The correct spelling is "tonsils" (lymphoid tissue in the throat).
No, you can not give tonsillitis to another individual, especially, if you do not have tonsillitis. This is an inflammatory infection within a person's body. This is not a contagious infection.
whether you keep you're tonsils or not is entirely up to you. i still have my tonsils, and it's been three years since I've been sick and never had tonsillitis :)
Tonsillitis may make your voice a little more quiet and muffled.
Tonsillitis is an inflammation of the tonsils most commonly caused by viral or bacterial infection.
Milk is bad for you when you have tonsillitis because you will get mucus your throat and will end up coughing