July 6, 2009

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Tonsillitis (cont.)

Tonsillitis Symptoms

  • Sore throat

  • Difficulty feeding (in babies)

  • Pain with swallowing

  • Fever

  • Headache

  • Abdominal pain

  • Nausea and vomiting

  • Cough

  • Hoarseness

  • Runny nose

  • Redness of the tonsils and throat

  • Tenderness in the glands of the neck (swollen lymph glands)

  • White patches on the tonsils

  • Redness of the eyes

  • Rash

  • Ear pain (nerves that go to the back of the throat also go to the ear)



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