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By Mayo Clinic staffSigns and symptoms of tonsillitis include:
- Red, swollen tonsils
- White patches on the tonsils
- Sore throat
- Difficult or painful swallowing
- Headache
- Fever and chills
- Enlarged, tender glands (lymph nodes) in the jaw and neck
- Loss of voice (laryngitis)
- Abdominal pain in children