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What causes tonsillitis?
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Infection: The tonsils can be infected with bacterial, such as strep or with a virus.
Answered 3/23/2020
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Tonsillitis: The most common causes of tonsillitis are the cold viruses (adenovirus, rhinovirus, etc). Bacterial infections of the tonsils can be caused by beta streptococcus (strep. Throat). Epstein barr virus (cause of mono) can also cause tonsillitis.
Answered 3/23/2020
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Tonsil inflammation: Tonsillitis is a general term that describes tonsil inflammation. It can be "acute" when there is a sudden onset, active, often more severe infection, sometimes caused by "strep" or other bacteria/viruses. It can be "chronic" when the inflammation is on-going for long periods of time and causes a sore throat and swollen glands, white cheesy stuff coming out of the tonsils, etc.
Answered 10/30/2020
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