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I'm 18 and my right tonsil has been swollen for 4 years now. it hasn't gone down at all and i have taken antibiotics and even a shot. why???
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You are assuming it: is infected and perhaps it is not and just simply asymmetric tonsillar hypertrophy, In other words an enlarged tonsil on one side only. If there are no symptoms ( and I can't imagine you have had symptoms for 4 years) then there is nothing to worry about.
Answered 6/18/2014
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