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Name: Sanjeev
Country: india
my daughter was tested for antistreptolysin o and then operation has been recommended. what is antistreptolysin o and i do not go in for surgery what happens

Name: Suhasini
Country: india
my sister has tonsillitis. i just had one querry, is it neccessary to get it operated nad get the tonsillitis out?

Name: lanibenavidez@yahoo.com
Country: other
my mother died of nasapharyngial cancer.my father had just gone through cobalt and chemotheraphy last year. my younger brother is currently under medication because of recurring tonsilitis. is there any connection or inheritance as far as his , my brother, of getting the same dread disease as what my mother and father had

Name: sabrina
Country: usa
my sister and i think we hve tonsolitis our tonols have been swollen for two yrs it looks gros and and hard to swallow. we sont have health ins so we cant afford to get any thing done i wonfer if its fatal.

Name: Naveen
Country: india
is homeopathic medicines useful and complete for tonsillitis?

Name: Rajiv Sharma
Country: india
my son who is 5yrs old suffers from repeated attacks of acute tonsillitis nearly once in every month.we have got numerous throat cultures done which are normally sterile.we have consulted ent doctors in this regard,but they have no satisfactory answer.i would like to know whether the removal of the tonsils,will lead to the spread of infections in the chest or lungs or will my sons immunity be compromised in any way? i am very desperate for curing my son's problem,please respond to my e-mail.add:-rsgr p@hotmail.com

Name: Anne
Country: england
my son got tonsillitis whilst on holiday in spain. the doctor over there prescribed antibiotics and pure apple juice. i wasn't too certain about the apple juice but it seemed to aid my son's recovery. now everytime he gets tonsillitis i head straight for the shops to buy some apple juice. it really seems to work (as well as tasting really nice). has any one else ever tried fruit jucies as an additional cure for tonsillitis??

Name: Tress
Country: usa
excellent article, very informative. thank you

Name: Karen .
Country: other
can tonsilitus also cause a continuous dry cough?

Name: prasad
Country: india
my son who is now 6 yrs old used tom suffer from tosilitis frequently (once in 3/4 months till he was 3years old.recently he had fever with swollen nodes in the neck which took 15 days to get cured.during the last 4 days of fever he had severe joint pain (artritis)tests for reumatic fever,throat culture,aso titre showed negative.only e.coli infection was detected in the urine.none other infection/disease was detected.please tell me the cause of the disease.my id is prasadram1@yahoo.co.in

Name: Kepiarn
Country: singapore
i had the worst bilateral tosillitis 13 year ago. whenever i drink cold sweet stuff or ice cream during hot weather my tonsil stikes again.

Name: citytouring01@aol.com
Country: usa
i have one question, i am 23 years old and i have been getting tonsilitis 6 times a year, and everytime i go and get antibiotics, sometimes they work sometimes they dont recently i have went to the doctor and i got antibiotics (amoxil) it didnt help, my tonsils have been swollen and irratated for a month what do i do? try and get them removed? i need advice....

Name: G.Yuan@soton.ac.uk
Country: england
my 4-years old son had acute tonsillitis per month.i'm worrying about him.now it comes again.could you give me some advice?

Name: sita
Country: other
i have a right sided swollen tonsil for the past week, i went to the pharmacy and i got amoxil and so far it is not working what do i do

Name: Kim
Country: england
i have tonsilitis very regularly and was wondering whether i needed them taken out. i am 33 years old. also i have had a real problem with a persistent cough for the last year. could these 2 be connected?

Name: genie
Country: england
i have tonsillitus at the moment and only two things help . one is make a drink up of boiling hot water,freshly squeezed orange and lemon and honey ,if it doesnt taste too nice add a tiny biy of sugar.drink while hot. the other is squeeze your own fruit juice and drink lots of it.

Name: Megan Parker
Country: southafrica
my baby is one years old and has tonsillitis, she was in hospital for a few days, when is the soonest that we van remove it and can she take any medisine to help her to make it better.

Name: country is turkey ;P
Country: other
i am a smoker and my docter told me i have tonsilitis, is this because of smoking and will smoking make my tonsilitis worse in anyway

Name: rad
Country: india
i have just been diagnosed with follicular tonsillitis and am on antibitoics. shld i avoid smoking until this is cured or will it make little difference to do so?

Name: animejpg
Country: malaysia
i have tonsilitis then. to prevent it, i use 1 tablespoon of rock salt in a cup of luke warm water and gargle it everytime i go to bed. the result was amazing. no throat infections upto now. and it gives me a clean and relax breathing no dry feeling on the throat. the reason why a tonsilitis occur again and again even thou you take antibiotic is that when the antibiotic didn't kill the bacteria in one go the bacteria will produce an antibody that will cause the antibiotic useless when taken again. if your tonsilitis is acute i suggest you have them operated. hope this helps.

Name: Jennifer
Country: england
i used to get tonsillitis once a year, now i dont get it too often unless there is a really bad cold going around. what i did was get my own homeotherapist to sort me out. she went through loads of little details befroe we found the exact cure for me. this cure works like a dream if i feel my tonsils are growing, a couple of days and im clear. you have to go to a homeotherapist to get the remedy because its only from them you can get the stronger remedys. also, if iam too busy to get to my homeopath straight away and my tonsils havent reached infection yet i use elixer of echinacea. it works wonders on keeping the infection away. the key is to find what suits you and catch it early, otherwise you'll be two weeks in bed....

Name: lisamarie
Country: england
my child has now had problems with her throat for 5/6 weeks now.i know its tonsilitus ,but they wont treat her as the gland isnt fully covered in white,contant pain ear ache and no sleep ,what a combination childs drained but one thing i have learned sit your child in a steamed room it seems to ease the pain ,im taking her back the doctors again tonight she carnt swallow at all now its time to sort it out once and for all

Name: ammy
Country: india
keep ur self fit to njoy life.

Name: barbielicious
Country: other
well...i often get tonsillitis...during my pedia class, we were taught that tonsillectomy is only recommended if u happen to acquire it 3-4 times in 12 months...but still, consult ur pediatrician...also, i used augmentin and azithromycin as meds for tonsillitis...but since they're antibiotics, u gotta finish the whole course of the meds and not stop it when the inflam is gone...bacteria will build resistance against those antibacs if u do that...hope this helps...

Name: Nolutshungu
Country: southafrica
i have never had tonsillitis before

Name: Pranisha
Country: southafrica
my 6 year had her tonsils removed and although she was in pain for 2 days after the op, she is eating normal now. it's just a matter of time to see whether it has helped in some way with regards to coughing, ear ache etc.

Name: jacky
Country: canada
i have tonsillitis for two days now. it started on my right side and moved over to my left. the left is swollen and both have white junk on them. once in a while i cough up hard white lumps. i havent had tonsillitis in ages. i am taking vitamin c two times a day, gargling with salt and baking soda water. it isnt as hard to swallow today. going to try to be without antibiotics.

Name: anand
Country: india
my daughter is suffering from acute tonsillitis- enlarged of the size of about 1inch diameter.it ususally starts by sneezing followed by running nose and cough. the situation further worsens by hearing problems. each time the size of the glands enlarges. doctors advised to remove them at the earliest.any homeopathic doctor can help me out in resolving my daughter's problem.

Name: adelaide
Country: australia
my throat has been hurting for a while now.... and my dad told me that it is tonsillitis... and then he said i have to get them cut out... and im really scared coz some one told me that it hurts like hell... and he said that they just stick a knife down ur throat and cut them out... if anyone has had there tonsils taken out, plz tell me what its like and tell me if it hurts...

Name: gill
Country: other
i heard u can get tonsilitis from giving 2 many blow jobs. is that true?

Name: orama
Country: australia
yeah..me too plz someone tell us

Name: ALLY
Country: india
i want to get tonsillitis but i don't kno how someone plz tell me !!

Name: Michelle
Country: usa
i had tonsilitis about a month ago. it didn't hurt or make my voice sound any different.it wasn't too much of an inconvienence. now i have it again, but so much worse. it hurts to talk, breathe, swallow food or water. it even hurts to swallow my own spit. i get about 2 hours of sleep now because of the pain. each tonsil is the size of a golfball. you can even tell by looking at my neck because they stick out. it doesn't show signs of getting better, even though i'm taking medicine for it. i started to get it 5 days ago. when is going to ever go away. should i worry about it.

Name: Trish
Country: australia
a couple of the messages on this page were offensive. but to set the record straight. rarely is tonsillitis fatal, yes it does cause a dry cough, yes you should stop smoking and homeopathy will not bring about a complete cure. but tonsillitis can mask other serious diseases and should always be checked out by a doctor

Name: jenn
Country: canada
very helpful articles

Name: ali
Country: palestinian
very severe sorethroat,what can i do

Name: kati
Country: usa
i wonder if you can get it from being around someone at school.

Name: glen
Country: australia
i got the white in back of throati wonder if it links me to catching flus easier or maybe gives me ear aches and is associated with infecting other parts of me body aw crap should got them outwonder what happens if you take them out?

Name: Dr. Balsac
Country: australia
tonsillitis is very fatel, over 2 of my patients in the last 30 years have died from it; if you have tonsillitis, i suggest you beg god to spare your life.

Name: Shasha
Country: aahamas
can tonsillitis be heriditory? both of my sons had tonsillectomy by the time they were two years, and now my daughter is suffering from the same problems. i don't want to have the surgery.. what else can i do?

Name: madcao
Country: japan
tonsillectomy (cut off) is only recommended in extreme cases of tonsillitis. it is advised for people under 25, cause as you get older, the hemorahgining the throat gets hader to heal.@unless there are no other options (cancer or chronic) antibiotics should do it. make sure though you have to take them as prescribed (usually up to 1 week) or else the virus or bacteria will get immuned to the antibiotics; and you will get recurrence tonsillitis that might need more drastic measures.

Name: TallScotsGuy
Country: united kingdom
what is tonsillitis?tonsillitis (ton-sil-lie-tiss) is an inflammation of the tonsils caused by an infection. in tonsillitis, the tonsils are enlarged, red, and often coated (either partly or entirely) by a substance that is yellow, gray, or white. tonsillitis usually occurs as part of a pharyngitis (throat infection). tonsilitis usually begins with sudden sore throat and painful swallowing. sometimes, tonsillitis reoccurs, and may cause difficulty breathing. if this occurs, your doctor may recommend taking them out. this procedure of removing tonsils from the throat is called a tonsillectomy.what are tonsils?the tonsils are fleshy clusters of tissue that lie in bands on both sides of the back of the throat, above and behind the tongue. the tonsils' major function is to catch incoming germs before the germs cause infections in the throat, mouth, or sinuses. tonsils contain infection-fighting cells and antibodies that stop the spread of the germs further into the body.if the tonsils are taken out, the individual will not suffer from more infections than they did when they had their tonsils. there are other tissues in the body that will produce antibodies to fight infection.what are the symptoms? each person with tonsillitis may not experience all of the symptoms. some of the major symptoms are: a very sore throat, fever, redder-than-normal tonsils, chills, a yellow or white coating on the tonsils, a funny-sounding voice, swollen glands in the neck, and bad breath.how is tonsillitis diagnosed?tonsillitis can be diagnosed by performing a rapid strep test, also called a throat culture. to perform the throat culture, the doctor will use a long cotton swab to swipe off some of the stuff on the surface of the back of your throat. the doctor will then test the "stuff" on the cotton swab. this test will determine whether you have tonsillitis and whether it is caused by a bacteria or a virus. is tonsillitis contagious?yes. tonsillitis usually spreads from person to person by contact with the throat or nasal fluids of someone who is already infected. how is tonsillitis treated?treatment for tonsillitis depends on whether it was caused by a virus or bacteria. if the tonsillitis was caused by strep bacteria (streptococci), the doctor will prescribe antibiotics. if the tonsillitis was caused by a virus, your body will fight off the infection on its own. however, medication can be prescribed to alleviate the symptoms. how long does tonsillitis last?if tonsillitis is caused by bacteria, with antibiotic treatment, the illness is usually cured within 1 week. however, it may take several weeks for the tonsils and swollen glands to return to normal size. when tonsillitis is caused by viruses, the length of illness depends on which virus is involved. usually, people are almost completely recovered within 1 week.

Name: not from USA
Country: italy
this is for ally from india if u wanna get this then come to my house and ill show u

Name: Kat
Country: australia
for the past few days i have had a sore throat, but 2 days ago when i was at school i felt really tired and i coudnt swallow cause it hurt too much. i went home told my parents and they both said that i had tonsillitis so the next day i went to the doctor to confirm it. he said it looks to be tonsillitis but it also could be a virus such as glandular fever. i hope it isnt glandular fever because one of my really good friends had it and she didnt come to school for weeks. i was just wondering how long does tonsillitis last for?

Name: ashley
Country: Other
i was diagnosed with tonsilitis a month ago. they gave me a peniciilin shot and told me i would get better in a few days or weeks. here it is month two and i still have the problems..breathing issus, bad breath ..i also seem to get pressur in my forehead, jaw and cheek bone and my body always seems to ach ..someone told me that i might also have a sinu infection ..could someone give me advice im 14 years old.

Name: Michelle
Country: usa
my names michelle. im 15. im not exactly sure if i have tonsillitus or not. but i keep reading about it and it seems as if the flu, tonsillitus, mono, and strep throat.. all have the same symptoms? alls i can say is im sorry if anyone is going threw the same pain that i am becasue this sux soo bad! (sweating, fever, sore throat, tonsils almost touching, pussy white/yellowish bubbles on my tonsils, headache, dizzy, weak, cant eat, sleep, laugh, smile, yawn... but no coughing or sneezing or runny nose? once again. im sorry if anyone is goign threw the pain i am.

Name: aditya
Country: india
my son 4yrs having acute tonsilitis due to strapto cocci doctor advice to remove tonsils plz advice some other treatment

Name: vuego
Country: australia
i have severe tonsillitis and have had it for a week now. the doctors recommended drinking iced water and gargling aspalgyn. tastes terrible but seems to help. also lemon and honey in boiling water helps too.

Name: crickett
Country: usa
i'm 24 and my son is 7 we both had are tonsils removed 5 days ago and it's awful it hurts like hell with an awful taste and earache.can someone tell me how long this last .i don't have strength to barely keep my eyes open.

Name: Kate
Country: united kingdom
i've had a problem with tonsillitus for years. i now have permanently enlarged tonsils which are heavily scarred with large holes (pit marks), some of these seem to have healed open. could someone advise me whether this is normal or not? my e-mail is kathryneve1@ho tmail.co.uk

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