Learning About Tonsillitis: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments

Tonsillitis is a condition that your tonsils swell. The common cause is a viral infection. It tends to affect children and it generally shows with signs like a sore throat, high temperature, ear pain, and headaches.

A general practitioner might diagnose it by taking a look at the tonsils and by sometimes taking a test sample from the throat to confirm a bacterial infection. Managing viral tonsillitis requires pain relief through here painkillers. When bacteria are the cause, antibiotics might be used.

Chronic tonsillitis, a tonsillectomy might be recommended if there are frequent infections. To stop the spread of tonsillitis, it is important to covering your mouth when sneezing or coughing.

In summary, tonsillitis involves infection of the tonsils, requiring treatments from pain relief to surgery depending on the severity.

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