In some people, every time they open their mouths and look in the mirror, they see small white grains like rice grains appearing in the recesses of the tonsils, with an unpleasant odor, and sometimes the tonsils are swollen. What disease do these symptoms indicate?

Tonsillitis is an unpleasant disease that can occur at any age. Although this is a benign disease, if not treated promptly and thoroughly, it will lead to the risk of infection of the entire throat area, tonsil cancer, sleep apnea, pericarditis... So should tonsillitis be removed?

Chronic tonsillitis, granular tonsillitis is a very common disease in all different subjects, especially when the time changes erratically. For patients with granular tonsillitis, on the surface of the tonsils there will appear ivory-white pus particles that look like fragments of peanuts, these particles often have a foul odor, making the patient feel difficult to swallow.

Tonsils are two pink masses the size of a fingertip, located on either side of the throat. Tonsils help produce antibodies to protect the body against bacteria that enter through the food and respiratory tract, but because of that, tonsils are susceptible to inflammation. Chronic tonsillitis is more common in adolescents than adults. So should chronic tonsillitis in adults be removed?