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Why tonsillitis problem occur in adults. What precautions should be taken after surgery of tonsillitis.
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Tonsils are normal lymphoid organs present in our mouth -oropharynx to safeguard our aerodigestive tract from infections which will normally regress in size in adolescence disappear in adults. If it present even in adults it represents chronic source of infection from nose, dental, oral tissues. It has to be evaluated first before you plan for tonsillectomy. Once the source of infection is no more tonsils will disappear.
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