What is Tonsilitis?
What is Tonsilitis?
- Tonsilitis: Inflammation of the tonsils in the throat.
- Tonsilitis: Inflammation of the tonsils, especially the palatine tonsils. It is often caused by a bacterium. Tonsillitis may be acute, chronic, or recurrent.
Source - Diseases Database
- Tonsilitis: inflammation of the tonsils (especially the palatine tonsils).
Source - WordNet 2.1
Tonsilitis: Introduction
Types of Tonsilitis:
Types of Tonsilitis:
Who gets Tonsilitis?
Patient Profile for Tonsilitis: Mostly children but any age possible.
How serious is Tonsilitis?
Complications of Tonsilitis:
see complications of Tonsilitis
What causes Tonsilitis?
Causes of Tonsilitis: see causes of Tonsilitis
What are the symptoms of Tonsilitis?
Symptoms of Tonsilitis:
see symptoms of Tonsilitis
Complications of Tonsilitis:
see complications of Tonsilitis
Duration of Tonsilitis: Usually 7-10 days with treatment.
Tonsilitis: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Tonsilitis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Tonsilitis.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Tonsilitis:
see treatments for Tonsilitis
Research for Tonsilitis:
see research for Tonsilitis
Society issues for Tonsilitis
Hospitalization statistics for Tonsilitis:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Tonsilitis:
- 0.18% (23,300) of hospital consultant episodes were for acute tonsillitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 98% of hospital consultant episodes for acute tonsillitis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 50% of hospital consultant episodes for acute tonsillitis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 50% of hospital consultant episodes for acute tonsillitis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 82% of hospital consultant episodes for acute tonsillitis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1.4 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for acute tonsillitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Tonsilitis:
Organs and body systems related to Tonsilitis include:
Name and Aliases of Tonsilitis
Main name of condition: Tonsilitis
Other names or spellings for Tonsilitis:
Tonsils inflammed
Source - Diseases Database
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