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Is waldeyar's tonsillar ring present in every normal person or is it a disease condition?

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Dr. Neil Giddings answered

Not a disease: Name of lymph tissue including tonsils and adenoids in your throat.

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Answered 9/3/2012

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C Spine MRI Results normal?: There is straightening of the normal lordosis. Disc signal is decreased on T2-weighted images at C5-6 due to disc degeneration. Adenoidal and tonsillar hypertrophy is present. No masses are identified.

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Every morning I was up feeling like a razor blade is behind one of my tonsils... normally the pain eases up after a few cups of coffee and by night ti?

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7th day of penicillin for strep. Pain has dulled significantly but still present and tonsils still swollen. Is it normal that white spots are forming?

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Over the past 5 years I have had chronically enlarged tonsils, an asymmetric enlarged submandibular gland and nodes, and a swallow test showed a motility disorder. Can these all be related and be being. Aided by something systemic?

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Last 3 days I have been feeling like a burning sensation from my stomach to my throat. I have anxiety disorder. For 2 weeks I havent ate anything spicy because of my swollen tonsils?

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