You can still get strep throat without tonsils, though this may reduce the severity of the infection and the number of times you come down with strep. Strep throat is a highly contagious infection ...

Tonsils are small glands on either side of the throat that stop bacteria from entering the body. They are an important part of your child’s immune system, but sometimes can become ‘ginormous’ and ...

For kids, getting strep throat again and again is a pain. It’s also a problem little understood by scientists. Now a study that analyzed kids’ tonsils hints at why such repeat infections may happen.

Swollen tonsils often signify something is up with your body—like an impending cold or virus. There are many causes for the mounds in the back of your throat to become inflamed. And much like a ...

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Holes in the tonsils — or tonsillar crypts — enable the tonsils to fight infection by detecting what is entering the body. Some conditions and situations that affect the holes in the tonsils can cause ...

Most parents today are old enough to remember the era when tonsillectomies — and their post-op promise of endless ice cream — were a routine part of childhood. No longer. These days, pediatricians try ...

About a year ago, Jamie’s older sister began complaining about the then 3-year-old’s loud snoring. Because Jamie’s tonsils seemed enlarged, her parents took her to an otolaryngologist at Childrens ...

(CNN) -- If you're questioning whether tonsillectomy -- a surgical procedure to remove the tonsils -- can really improve sleep and throat health in children, new research suggests to cut it out.

In the summer of 1983, Katy Golden’s mom had stocked their kitchen in the suburbs of Detroit with Popsicles and bubble gum. Golden was 5 years old and about to have her tonsils removed to help with ...

“I didn’t think it was a possibility," said Katy Golden, who had her tonsils taken out when she was 5 years old Getty A Michigan woman is detailing the shock she felt after learning her tonsils had ...

Strep throat is a contagious infection causing pain and other symptoms that affect the throat and tonsils. Even people who have undergone tonsil removal can get strep throat. Certain signs and ...