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Sore throat:

Pain in the throat is the most common presentation. However, young babies may have difficulty in eating. There is difficulty in swallowing. This may either be due to pain or may be due to huge increase in the size of the

tonsils due to frequent inflammation. Acute infection of the tonsils may present with high to moderate rise in body temperature. In case of sepsis on the tonsils, there may be fever with chills. Sleep disorder may occur due to an obstruction to the air passage due to heavily enlarged tonsils or adenoids. Due to obstructed air passage caused by the enlarged tonsils, snoring may be one of the symptoms in many children. Swollen glands on either side of the neck or jaw. Blisters or painful ulcerated areas on the throat. Sometimes patients will have bad breath. In several cases there may be pain in the ear.

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Posted by: eros457(Guest) Posted on: 03/01/2012

That's not very helpful. Should I be sleeping all day? Can I go out and party till 6am? Should I eat or starve? What should I eat?

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Posted by: anupsayu(Guest) Posted on: 10/10/2009

washing ur mouth with saline or salt solution is much effective..

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Posted by: mzaynuddin(Guest) Posted on: 12/04/2008

i think any cold thing may cause bad situation of tonsils & inflammation

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