Often suffering from sore throat, fever, pain while swallowing, hoarseness, visibly red and swollen tonsils in the throat? These signs could be symptoms of tonsillitis (inflamed tonsils). Tonsils are lumps of tissue at the back of the throat on either side.
at the base of the scull at the back is tonsills that space can become crowded and the tonsills lie low ,
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palatine tonsills
Yes, They are usually small pieces of food stuck in my tonsills after a meal
Tonsillectomy is the medical term meaning surgical removal of a pharyngeal tonsil.
Post operative pain, post tonsillectomy pain, sore throat.
BK virus can be transmitted from one person to another . In various studies, the virus has been found in blood, urine, stool and tonsills, suggested it can be acquired via contact or respiratory transmission. Most health persons have acquired the virus and fought it off with no symptoms. BK is dangerous for immunocompromised patients.
Yes you can. You don't have to have them out if you don't want to though. It's only if it gets seriously bad and you get tonsilitis very often, that you may prefer to have them removed.
Sore throats are most commonly caused by a virus such as strep, a cold, the flu, and mono. A sore throat could also mean you need to get your tonsills removed, It could also mean Allergies or in rare cases, throat cancer
Tonsills I'm guessing you mean and it's enough to go to your regular doctor unless you have a serious infection and fever. They often get swollen during a cold with a sore throat.
There are all kinds of symptoms there are respitory symptoms which have to do with your lungs and breathing. there are cardio symptoms which have to do with your heart there are skin symptoms (eg. rashes bullas blisters ETC). there are neurological symptoms which have to do with your brain. there are Nephrological symptoms which have to do with your kidneys and the filtration of blood and there are urinary symptoms which deal with your bladder