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What Causes Swollen And Painful Tonsils Along With White Patches?
I have swollen tonsils with white patches. I also have two small lumps on the base of my neck on the left. They have not grown in size but not become small either. My tonsils hurt a lot and I can eat sleep or swallow anything. I have little pain in my right ear as well. Spoke to my doctor. He says it s nothing to worry about and gave me antibiotics. Ultracet and Clamp-625. The pain is a lot. I m worried if it s throat cancer or something serious. Please help
Hello madam/sir, welcome to medical care magic.Tonsils when infected, its size increases and painful. It is just like infection on any wound in your limbs or else where. Later pus starts collecting.Also healing seen in the form of scars which are due to fibers deposition. All these happen in tonsils. These should be treated by antibiotics.Till these medicines does not reach a level where it can fight against infection, the pain and swelling does not subside.so it takes time to reach that level. The tonsil infections also spread to local lympnodes through a fulid called lymph. These lymph nodes swelling you feel as lumps.once the infection subside, the lymph node size also decreases. Take care. Good health
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What Causes Swollen And Painful Tonsils Along With White Patches?
Hello madam/sir, welcome to medical care magic.Tonsils when infected, its size increases and painful. It is just like infection on any wound in your limbs or else where. Later pus starts collecting.Also healing seen in the form of scars which are due to fibers deposition. All these happen in tonsils. These should be treated by antibiotics.Till these medicines does not reach a level where it can fight against infection, the pain and swelling does not subside.so it takes time to reach that level. The tonsil infections also spread to local lympnodes through a fulid called lymph. These lymph nodes swelling you feel as lumps.once the infection subside, the lymph node size also decreases. Take care. Good health