How many tonsils are there

Although we often hear about tonsillitis in our daily lives, many people are not very clear about the existence of tonsils, because tonsils are a special tissue in the human body, and the absence of tonsils will not have a particularly big impact on the human body. Knowing something about tonsils can also enrich everyone's knowledge. So how many tonsils are there in the human body?

1. How many tonsils are there?

Generally speaking, a normal person has two tonsils, one on the left and right sides. Tonsils are a pair of oval lymphatic organs. Located in the tonsillar fossa, so there are two of them. Tonsils are located at the junction of the digestive tract and the respiratory tract. The mucous membrane here contains a large amount of lymphoid tissue, which is a site that often comes into contact with antigens and causes local immune responses.

2. Symptoms of chronic tonsillitis

Chronic tonsillitis is caused by repeated attacks of acute tonsillitis, which is manifested by dry throat, a feeling of blockage, sticky secretions that are difficult to cough up, and bad breath. Its repeated attacks can induce other diseases, such as chronic nephritis, arthritis, rheumatic heart disease, etc., so it must be actively treated.

3. What to do with chronic tonsillitis

Patients should exercise regularly, strengthen their physical fitness, pay attention to oral hygiene, promptly treat diseases of nearby tissues, eat a light diet, avoid spicy and irritating foods, and quit smoking and drinking. Once the disease becomes a lesion that induces other diseases, or there are other surgical indications, surgical treatment should be considered.

Contraindications for tonsillitis surgery

In the following cases, tonsil surgery is not recommended:

1. When acute tonsillitis occurs, surgery is generally not performed. Surgery can only be performed 3-4 weeks after the inflammation subsides.

2. Patients with blood diseases, hypertension, heart disease with insufficiency of compensation, active pulmonary tuberculosis, etc. are not suitable for surgery.

3. Surgery is not recommended when systemic symptoms such as rheumatic fever and nephritis are not under control.

4. In cases of poliomyelitis and influenza, women should not undergo surgery during their menstrual period or before their menstrual period.

5. Patients’ family members have a high incidence of immunoglobulin deficiency or autoimmune diseases. White blood cell count is less than 3000.

6. If your tonsils are inflamed only rarely, you don't necessarily have to have your tonsils removed.