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tonsillitisInflammatory infection of the tonsils, usually with hemolytic streptococci (see streptococcus) or viruses. The symptoms are sore throat, trouble in swallowing, fever, and enlarged lymph nodes on the neck. The infection, which usually lasts about five days, is treated with bed rest and antiseptic gargling. Sulfa drugs or other antibiotics are prescribed in severe bacterial infections to prevent complications. Streptococcal infection can spread to nearby structures. Complications may include abscess, nephritis, and rheumatic fever. Tonsils that become chronically inflamed and enlarged require surgical removal (tonsillectomy). tonsillitis inflammation of the palatine tonsils, causing enlargement, occasionally to the extent that they nearly touch one another How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The following year, the same two authors published the results of a study of 10 adults with a history of chronic tonsillitis who underwent plasma excision for the removal of one tonsil and bipolar cautery dissection for the other. This stimulating and imaginative book illuminates how this small pockmarked man with a bad arm and a strange pigeon-toed gait and chronic tonsillitis was able to command the slavish obedience of his courtiers and so impose the nightmare of Communism. The most common diagnosis was chronic tonsillitis (n = 18) followed by tonsillar hypertrophy (n = 7). |
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