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Tonsillitis

Tonsillitis is inflammation of the tonsils in the upper part of the throat. It can be acute or chronic. Acute tonsillitis typically has a rapid onset. Symptoms may include sore throat, fever, enlargement of the tonsils, trouble swallowing, and enlarged lymph nodes around the neck. Complications include peritonsillar abscess (quinsy).

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Causes
Viral infection, bacterial infection
Complications
Peritonsillar abscess
Diagnostic method
Based on symptoms, throat swab, rapid strep test
Duration
~ 1 week
Frequency
7.5% (in any given 3 months)
Medication
Paracetamol (acetaminophen), ibuprofen, penicillin

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Tonsillitis

Nodes117
Edges116
Triples154
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017094
Components1

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Tonsillitis

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related to Books cited · 85
Tonsillitis → ACP Medicine, Adam HM, Bacterial, Becker, Behrman RE, Books, Business Media, Childhood, Classical World, Davis Company, Dean-Jones, Disease, Diseases, Disorders, Early Pediatrics, Edition, Education, Elsevier Health Sciences, Encyclopedia, Fannin
has cause · 18
Tonsillitis → An, Bacterial, Bordetella, Chlamydia, Corynebacterium, Epstein-Barr, Fusobacterium, GABHS, Group, HIV, Less, Many, Mycoplasma, Neisseria, Streptococcus, Treponema, Viral, When
related to Diagnosis · 8
Tonsillitis → An, Centor, GABHS, However, In, The, The Centor, There
related to Antibiotics · 7
Tonsillitis → Aerobic, Antibiotic, Cephalosporins, If, Intravenous, Oral, There
related to Signs and symptoms · 7
Tonsillitis → Bacterial, Infectious, Many, Some, Their, This, Those
related to External links · 3
Tonsillitis → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Surgery · 3
Tonsillitis → Children, It, When
related to Corticosteroids · 2
Tonsillitis → Corticosteroids, Oral
related to Epidemiology · 2
Tonsillitis → It, Most
related to Prognosis · 2
Tonsillitis → Complications, Since

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throat may infection antibiotics tonsils isbn also people penicillin sore used symptoms bacterial fever bacteria children treatment pain strep gabhs

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TonsillitisCausesViral infection, bacterial infection1.00infobox
TonsillitisComplicationsPeritonsillar abscess1.00infobox
TonsillitisDiagnostic methodBased on symptoms, throat swab, rapid strep test1.00infobox
TonsillitisDuration~ 1 week1.00infobox
TonsillitisFrequency7.5% (in any given 3 months)1.00infobox
TonsillitisMedicationParacetamol (acetaminophen), ibuprofen, penicillin1.00infobox
TonsillitisPronunciation/ˌtɒnsɪˈlaɪtɪs/1.00infobox
TonsillitisSpecialtyInfectious disease1.00infobox
TonsillitisSymptomsSore throat, fever, enlargement of the tonsils, trouble swallowing, large lymph nodes around the neck1.00infobox
Neisseria gonorrhoeaeinstance ofbacteria0.80text
Corynebacterium diphtheriaeinstance ofbacteria0.80text
or Haemophilus influenzae may be the causeinstance ofbacteria0.80text

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