#tonsils — Public Fediverse posts

So the cold I picked up on a local train, after successfully avoiding Concrud, has triggered my asthma. Not a surprise.
So the weekend is cancelled.
When I was 18 I had my tonsils removed. Not the old just snip off at the stalk, but the more modern dig it all out. In theory this meant they didn't regrow.
A few years ago I started getting sore throats again. And losing my voice.
It feels weird.

#Tonsils

What is the main function of the tonsils? #sorethroat #throatcare #infection #tonsils ... Continue to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63vhHIT3xWE

What is the main function of the tonsils? #sorethroat #throatcare #infection #tonsils ... Continue to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63vhHIT3xWE

What is the main function of the tonsils? #sorethroat #throatcare #infection #tonsils ... Continue to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63vhHIT3xWE

What are tonsils? #sorethroat #tonsils #tonsilitis #respiratoryhealth ... Continue to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SkPAO665c8

What are tonsils? #sorethroat #tonsils #tonsilitis #respiratoryhealth ... Continue to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SkPAO665c8

What are tonsils? #sorethroat #tonsils #tonsilitis #respiratoryhealth ... Continue to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SkPAO665c8

Heads up to those who have had #COVID19 and still have their #Tonsils

I've lost count of the people I know or have heard about who have developed #quinsy which is a peri-tonsillar abcess. These require immediate review by a doctor and antibiotics. They can be life-threatening if left without treatment (loss of airway). The common denominator for all of these accounts is having had #COVID19

If you have a persistent sore throat and particularly if it's difficult to swallow, see a doctor ASAP.

From the 'Ouch" file..

Guillotine tonsillectomy instrument was considered to be a quick and reliable method for safely removing tonsils. The enlarged tonsil was captured in the circular space at the front, and as the blade was pushed forwards, severing the tonsil.

Surgeons' Hall Museums
@surgeonshall #museums #tonsils #surgery

TIL that sometimes after a tonsillectomy a tonsil grows back and what!? The human body is freaky sometimes #Medical #tonsils #fuckingyikes

BTS getting out a tonsil stone with a Q tip #shorts #tonsils #YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RBJaPucwrk

And almost twenty years earlier, measles in tonsils of asymptomatic children.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1440-1754.2002.t01-1-00029.x

#measles #tonsils #asymptomatic

SARS-CoV-2 in tonsils of asymptomatic children.

Miura, et al Asymptomatic SARS-COV-2 Infection in Children’s Tonsils’. Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology 88 (1 November 2022): 9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjorl.2022.10.016.

#SARSCoV2 #tonsils #asymptomatic