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What are the criteria to get a tonsillectomy surgery?
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Choices: There are lote of reasons we recommend tonsillectomy: *repeated infections, *commplicated infection, *asymmetry which is supicious for cancer, *enlargement that blocke breathing, speaking or swallowing, * bad breath and tonsil stones... Knowing if it's right for a particular person depends on the conversation had with a physician. We have some guidelines to help decide.
Answered 1/27/2017
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