Children's Health
Who Is Affected by Tonsillitis
Tonsillitis appears most often in children. Males and females appear to be infected equally.
Viral infections are more common than bacterial infections in all seasons. Bacterial infections generally are more common during winter than in spring, summer, or fall.
Marlo Thomas: Championing Kids' Care
This Thanksgiving has special meaning for Emmy Award-winning actor, producer, and author Marlo Thomas. It’s the 50th anniversary of her family’s fundraising for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, located in Memphis, Tenn. St. Jude began as the dream of Marlo’s father, the late, great funnyman Danny Thomas, in 1957 and has been going strong ever since. Since his death in 1991, Marlo, along with her sister, Terre, and brother, Tony, has been at the forefront of the center’s fundraising. Focusing...
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Although there is no proof that exposure to cigarette smoke can cause tonsillitis, children of parents who smoke cigarettes have an increased rate of tonsillectomy (surgical removal of tonsils).1
Tonsillitis can affect adults who have not had their tonsils removed. Tonsillectomy involves greater risks of excessive bleeding and pain for adults than for children.
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