Your tonsils (you know, those two blobs of tissue at the back of your throat) are there for you through every cough, sneeze, and sniffle, battening down the hatches every time an infection tries to ...

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 ...

Tonsil cancer is a type of oropharyngeal cancer. These cancers affect the mouth and throat. Oral and oropharyngeal cancers, such as tonsil cancer, fall under the broader category of head and neck ...

Strep throat is usually accompanied by a fever and white patches on your tonsils. But the only way to be sure it’s strep throat is to have a strep test done. Share on Pinterest To go or not to go to ...

A family in Noida faced a heart-wrenching ordeal when their five-year-old son required surgery for alarming respiratory ...

In the United States, surgeons perform over 500,000 tonsillectomies each year, including more than 530,000 in children and adolescents to improve breathing while sleeping or reduce recurrent infection ...

There are several possible causes of red spots in the throat. These can range from common conditions that a doctor can treat easily, such as strep throat, to potentially severe conditions, such as ...

Not only are tonsil stones a "thing," they're far more prevalent than they're discussed. One woman details her year-long mystery, solved.

Following a tragic story out of Arizona where a 7-year-old girl had to have several amputations after she was diagnosed with strep throat (group A strep) earlier this month, many parents might be ...

The demand for triaging technologies like conversational bots has risen sharply as the pandemic reaches new peaks. Millions of patients wait at least two hours to see a health care provider, according ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ashtabula County is experiencing a spike in cases of strep throat and scarlet fever from strep throat infections, health officials said. The scarlet fever rash is a symptom of a ...

As summer ends and school starts, classrooms can be full of energy, but also full of germs, ProCare ear, nose and throat specialist Dr. Joshua Levinger said. Strep and colds are back-to-school ...