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What if one tonsil is bigger than the other?

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Dr. Lonnie Smith answered

Specializes in ENT and Head and Neck Surgery

May be normal: We are not always symmetrical. It may be normal for one tonsil to be larger than the other. It may have responded to something more than the other. You should see some one if you are really worried.

Answered 2/3/2017

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