I have a tonsil infection and a slight ear infection. I have been taking antibiotics. I feel okay right now but not 100 percent . I’m having knee surgery in one day. Do I need to cancel it? I don’t want to because my knee really hurts.

Last Tuesday I woke up a cold…I had a sore throat, runny nose, chills, etc. Normal flu. Well, it slowly got better and by Friday/Saturday I felt pretty normal, just a little sore throat and every once in a while a flash of burning soreness like drainage or something was going down and it making it burn.
Well, Sunday I woke up and I was sick again. I felt generally sick, tired, etc.
Today…I have plenty of energy, even though I woke up early…I had a runny nose but then I got it cleared out…it only every once in a while is a little runny. But my throat is worse, I think today…it hurts…spasms a little bit when I swallow water…most of it goes down but it almost feels like there’s a little bit that doesn’t. I can swallow food fine…that actually makes it feel better. Coughing makes it feel better.
It doesn’t really fit tonsillitis symptoms but I don’t know what else it could be =/
any insights? I had a previously scheduled appointment with the family doctor tomorrow so I guess I’ll ask her about it too.

i recently realised that i have tonsil stones.. i took them out earlier today.. (discusting..)
anyway.. after i took them out.. i thought i wouldnt feel the sensation of something in my throat anymore.. but for some reason.. it still feels like it did before!!
why!!?? i thought taking them out would stop the feeling of something stuck in your throat!
should i go to the doctors?

pls help ! thanks

The other day I heard my cousin telling her friend about her coworker. The man had his tonsils removed, but the procedure somehow messed up his taste buds to the point where everything he eats tastes like crap. As a result, he only eats liquid food and has lost a lot weight since then. Now he is suing the hospital for this mishap.

Does anyone know exactly how this could happen? How can tonsil removal change the way you taste your food? Could this be fixed somehow? Why or why not?

(I apologize if this is in the wrong category)

I plan to go to a clinic and take care of this, but before I do I wanted to explain this weird situation I’m in with an unconventional tonsil infection…

My left tonsil got majorly sore and swollen a few days ago, I’ll say about 4 days by now. The problem with diagnosing my swollen/infected tonsil as "tonsillitis" or "strep" is that I have slightly different symptoms then most, and I’m wondering what is wrong with me…

I have all the standard flu-like symptoms of tonsillitis: awful sleep hampered by fever/chills and body aches (weak, restless bones), ear ache (on that left side) and swollen glands on the left side of my neck, difficulty and pain swallowing and talking, however that is where the similarities stop…

Two major differences: my tonsil is not covered in any white coating or any sort of discoloration that would indicate strep or tonsillitis. It’s just very red and majorly inflamed. Everything I’ve found online indicates that if it’s tonsillitis, I should have a white coating, but I don’t… The other major difference is that the infected/swollen tonsil is absolutely riddled with tonsil stones, also known as tonsilloliths…

If you don’t know what tonsil stones are, they are these small, yellow calcified deposits that grow in the crypts and crevices of your tonsils from an accumulation of (typically) too much sugar or bacteria. I drink way too much soda, so it’s obvious I loaded my tonsil up with enough sugar to fill every crypt with tonsil stones… tonsil stones are not a normal symptom of tonsillitis, and frankly, they are one of the most common and ignored oral problems ever. Tonsil stones are what causes severe halitosis (bad breath) and they can be extremely uncomfortable, like pebbles or sand caught in there and it is not fun.

The most bizarre thing is that tonsil stones are supposed to be easily removed by use of an oral irrigator, which by some miracle I actually have one, and I can’t tell you how annoying it was when I found out that it didn’t work for me. The infection has swollen the tonsil so much and loaded it up with so many tonsil stones and thick mucus to hold them in place, that the water pressure of the oral irrigator isn’t enough to free/clear the stones out of my tonsil. I’m wondering why.

In addition to the swollen gland in my neck (same side) which looked like a small walnut bulging from my neck, over the course of the last 24 hours it has spread upwards (the inflamation under the jaw) up another inch to just under my jaw’s hinge… I’m really freaked out.

I don’t know if this is even tonsillitis, and if it is, if it’s viral or bacterial. Please help!
I should also add that I have never had tonsillitis before, maybe once when I was a kid but it quickly passed. Nothing like this. Never a bulging swollen gland in my neck… also the tonsil itself is about double to almost triple its normal size, if that helps. Thanks to anyone who can help…

I feel like my son is sick way too much.
I know for a fact he’s sick way too much!
He always has a cold, flu, pnemonia, pink eye, or somethin.. it’s sad.

He’s two and a half- and he’s had pink eye 5 times, pnemonia twice, croupe, he throws up at least once a month and seems to constantly have a wet cough.. last week he had strep throat and an ear infection. Tonight he threw up.

We’ve had him tested for various things, Cystic Fibrosis, etc to find the underlying cause of his constant illnesses with no avail. He seems perfectly normal, other then he’s totally weak in the immunity department.

He goes to daycare, but I find it irrelevant because he only started a couple months ago & he’s been sick like this his whole life. Plus the daycare said they were concerned because his misses so much school (more then anyone). I know the other kids can be carriers, but why’s he so weak?

HOW OFTEN IS YOUR KID SICK?
they are considering removal of tonsils. Similar stories appreciated.

A few days ago I developed a tonsil stone on my tonsil and it still hasn’t cleared up. I have never used a waterpik before and am wondering for anyone who has used it, does it make you gag? I don’t want to make myself gag, I only want to try and get rid of it. Thanks

its really buggin me and its nasty, its not comfortable and smells like …..
i dont want to speak close to people and i brush/ clean my mouth but it doens’t seem to help, should i remove my tonsils?
please help me out

i just started dating my bf so we kissed on thursday night around 12, then friday night im getting the tonsilitis symptoms. i just got the meds for it & im feeling better but when i called to ask him if he was sick, he told me he was fine and he sounded great =S. how did i catch it then? im worried that hes dirty now