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Does having one or both tonsils swollen always means there's an infection? what if one of them just remains swollen but there's no other synthoms?

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May not be a problem: If there are no other symptoms, big tonsils by thmselves don't necessarily mean anything.

Dr Villaplana agreed

Answered 1/5/2019

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