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Tonsillitis is inflammation of the tonsils caused by infection withviruses orbacteria. Common symptoms include a sore throat, swollen tonsils and lymph nodes, fever and difficulty swallowing.
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Bacteria
Microscopic, single-celled organisms with DNA but no definite nucleus. Bacteria are the cause of many human diseases.
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Viruses
A microscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a protein coat.
Tonsils are lumps of tissue located on each side in the throat. They help to fightinfections by clearing theviruses andbacteria that are breathed in or swallowed. Usually the tonsils do their job well, but sometimes the tonsils themselves can become infected, known as tonsillitis.The tonsils start off small during the first year of life and then grow to their largest size between the ages of about 4-7 years. After this point, they tend to shrink as other areas of theim