Best Doctors for Tonsillitis Treatment in Vijay Nagar, Indore

Tonsillitis refers to the infection of the tonsils of the mouth. The symptoms of tonsillitis are sore throat, scratchy throat, pain while swallowing, red, swollen tonsils and throat, white spots on tonsils, white, yellow, or gray coating on tonsils, high fever, swollen lymph nodes, stomachache, and vomiting. Tonsillitis occurs due to viral infections like the common cold and flu in most cases. Bacterial organisms also cause tonsillitis, such as group A streptococcus, and bacterial tonsillitis is commonly known as strep throat. Tonsillitis spreads by sharing utensils or food, staying in close contact with people who are sick, touching a contaminated surface and then touching back nose or mouth and inhaling particles from an infected person when he coughs or sneezes. The complications of tonsillitis are obstructive sleep apnea, peritonsillar abscess, tonsil stones, tonsillar cellulitis, rheumatic fever, post-streptococcal reactive arthritis, scarlet fever and kidney inflammation.