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What Are The Symptoms Of Tonsillitis?
how does the tonsillitis present?
Mon, 16 Apr 2012
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Ved Prakash's
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Generally ,children with tonsillitis have a sore throat and pain with swallowing. Babies and toddlers may simply refuse to eat or drink because of the throat pain.
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Manoj's
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fever will be there with sore throat along with some difficulty with swallowing or breathing.
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manoj's
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Helo , there might be snoring or mouth breathing, accompanied by a dry mouth and mouth odor. Also sleep disturbances sometimes result in bed-wetting.
Dear SIr I am dr Dr Sharma Tonsils are lymphoid tissue present in oropharynx and are frst line of defence against infection. If they are infected ---- viral or bacterial infection --- it is called tonsillitis. Main symptoms are foreign body sensation in throat, pain in throat, difficulty in swallowing, fever and cough I hope this answers your question with regards Ravinder Sharma
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