TONSILLITIS

TONSILLITIS

Do you feel pain when swallowing? Have your tonsils become bigger and reddish? Do you experience ear pains, headaches, difficulty in breathing as you feel your air space is being blocked? Well you might have developed TONSILLITIS. The human tonsils are located the back of the throat and their basic function is to produce antibodies that fight against respiratory infections attacking the body. When the tonsils are attacked by viral infections and bacteria, the tonsils become infected as it swells and become reddish with sometimes yellow coated pigment in it, this is what give rise to Tonsillitis.

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Tonsillitis are mostly common in children but does affect adults. Tonsillitis at its initial stages are curable when one take antibiotics but some severe cases may require surgery in which the procedure involves the removing of the tonsils to get rid of the infection. Tonsillitis are not easy to detect because the symptoms are likened to that of malaria, typhoid and other related diseases. The disease is contagious and can be transferred from an infected person to a healthy person especially through deep kissing, using of toothbrushes and same materials that comes into contact with the infected persons mouth. Below is an imagery look of how tonsillitis appears in the mouth.. Viewers discretion is advised.

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