The soft palate, uvula, redundant pharyngeal tissues, and sometimes the tonsils are removed (51).
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It also explains why virus can be isolated from the throats of infected individuals who have had their tonsils and adenoids removed.
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In comparison to airborne transmission symptoms such as sore throat, pharyngeal erythema, and enlarged tonsils, submandibular lymphadenopathy are more frequent than coughing and coryza.
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It was quite surprising that an eventual carrier status in thetonsilwas enough to explain the main variability in transmission between the transmission trials.
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One possibility is that they recirculate back to thetonsil, where they produce infectious virus and are thereby lysed or subject to immune attack.
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Altogether, 114 (54 %) of 212 human strains were indistinguishable fromtonsilstrains.
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My wife's tonsils never bothered her much after that close brush with tonsillectomy, which proves she didn't need the operation.
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Unfortunately the status of thetonsilcan only be measured at necropsy or maybe earlier when taking tonsil biopsies, which was not tested in this study.
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There are certain things which interfere with breathing and which therefore incapacitate the child, such as tonsils and adenoids, and we have treatment for them.
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He drew attention to the close connection between rickets and enlarged tonsils and adenoids.
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Three-quarters of these are tonsils and adenoids cases.
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The waiting lists in respect of tonsils and adenoids are being reviewed urgently.
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I want to deal first with cases of tonsils and adenoids.
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We now live in a world where a heart by-pass or a hip replacement is as common as having your tonsils or your appendix out.
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The offals affected are brain, spinal cord, thymus, spleen, tonsils and intestines.
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