If you have tonsillitis, seek urgent medical care if symptoms last longer than 4 days, or if you’re having trouble breathing, eating, drinking, or opening your mouth. Tonsillitis is an infection that ...

Those mysterious white spots appearing on your tonsils can trigger immediate concern, and rightfully so. While they might seem like a minor inconvenience, these patches often signal your body’s battle ...

THURSDAY, Jan. 29, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Strep throat is a common throat infection that often causes a sore throat, fever and trouble swallowing. It tends to come on quickly and may feel worse than ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Ear Nose and Throat specialist Mbira Gikonyo. (Photo: Beverlyne Musili, Standard) The ...

Tonsils are often a topic of conversation among mothers who have toddlers to school age children. A number of myths related to tonsils in children have developed. In general, the tonsils are part of ...

Ashley Park, one of the stars of Netflix’s “Emily in Paris” and “Beef,” revealed last week that she was recuperating from “critical septic shock,” after a bout of tonsillitis during a New Year ...

The late great Dr. Frank Billings of Chicago persuaded the doctors of the world that focal infections were often the cause of systemic diseases like rheumatism, arthritis, heart disease, kidney ...

Doctors used to snip out tonsils right & left. They thought that the tonsils did no good, that large tonsils were always infected, that infected tonsils could cause all manner of serious diseases, so ...