What are the symptoms of acute tonsillitis?

Tonsils are small pieces of fat that everyone has in the throat. The fat is shaped like a teardrop. The tonsils will become inflamed during every viral cold. Most patients are elderly people and children. Acute tonsillitis is accompanied by systemic and local symptoms. Different conditions and patient constitutions result in different symptoms.

1. Systemic symptoms

Patients with acute tonsillitis have obvious systemic symptoms. Patients develop the disease rapidly and may experience fever, chills, drowsiness, convulsions, etc. Some patients may also experience systemic symptoms such as loss of appetite, drowsiness, fatigue, limb pain, back pain, and constipation.

2. Local symptoms

The local symptoms of patients with acute tonsillitis are loss of appetite, vomiting, sore throat, and difficulty swallowing. Patients with more serious conditions will have increased body temperature, swollen mandibular lymph nodes, and a mild cough.

The patient's tonsils are red and swollen, protruding outward from the crypts, with white or gray exudate on the surface. Some may show necrotic foci or ulcer formation. Fibrous tissue proliferates above the crypt opening, the opening becomes narrower or closed, and the patient's resistance decreases.

What are the specific symptoms of acute tonsillitis ? Sore throat, dyspnea, soft palate movement disorder, hoarseness, sore throat, and weak vocalization are its specific symptoms. In addition to these symptoms, there are also the systemic and local symptoms mentioned above.