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1 enlarged tonsil for a year with stones and holes & other tonsil starting swell boils under arms 3 round of antibiotics with no change what's wrong?
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Chronic inflammation: Sounds like the tonsil stones are causing chronic inflammation and infection. Time to talk to your ENT doc about tonsillectomy.
Answered 9/14/2015
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