Tonsillitis

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Symptoms

By Mayo Clinic staff

Signs 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

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May 10, 2008

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