What Is Viral Tonsillitis?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
7. Who’s at Risk
The tonsils take a more prominent role in the immune system in young children, which is one reason why they are more prone to developing tonsillitis than adults are. Children that are of school age are also at a higher risk because children tend to stay close together in tight groups than adults do.
Adults that work with children are also at a higher risk of catching tonsillitis, and parents with young children are also more likely to catch it than most. What’s more is that people who have a weakened immune system are also more likely to get the disease.
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