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I am a regular sufferer of tonsillitis and the doctors keep giving me antibiotics but it always comes back...do i need my tonsils out?

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May or may not: With good medical management ( antibiotics ), tonsillectomy is done less often than years ago , but still need in selective few , speak to your rotor for possible referral to an otolaryngologist ( ENT specialist ).

Answered 5/9/2014

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