You can examine tonsils yourself to check for an infection. Healthy tonsils are pink and don’t stick out far from the sides of your throat. Infected tonsils are typically red and swollen. Tonsils are ...

Tonsils are small glands on either side of the throat that stop bacteria from entering the body. They are an important part of your child’s immune system, but sometimes can become ‘ginormous’ and ...

The most common cause is massively enlarged tonsils and adenoids. Diagnosis can be made watching the child’s sleep patterns such as gasping breath, restlessness, bed wetting, failure to grow, ...