What Is Tonsilitis?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
2. Tonsillitis
Tonsillitis is the medical term given for the inflammation of the tonsils. It is a fairly common condition and many people will have caught it at some point in their lives. This usually happens when people are quite young. It can be a very painful condition, especially in young children, but it is not usually dangerous.
Tonsillitis is usually caused by an infection of sorts; usually by a virus, but not always. The condition is usually quite easy to diagnose because some of its symptoms are easy to spot with the naked eye. Treating the condition is also usually fairly straight forward and the vast majority of patients can expect to make a full recovery.
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