扁桃体是人体免疫体系淋巴组织的一部分,它能产生吞噬细胞,具有防御和抵抗外界病菌侵入机体的免疫功能,因此,扁桃体适度的肥大并非都是病态。急性扁桃体炎发病急,主要症状有恶寒发热、全身不适、扁桃体红肿、吞咽困难,有时还伴有呕吐或腹泻,通过一周左右治疗可以痊愈。慢性扁桃腺炎的症状一般较轻,病孩常感到咽部不适,有轻度梗阻感,有时影响吞咽和呼吸,另有一部分扁桃体过度肥大的儿童,吞咽功能受到影响,甚至使呼吸受阻,入睡时憋气、打鼾,常常被憋醒。由于长期的慢性缺氧和休息不好,阻 Tonsils are part of the body’s immune system, lymphoid tissue. They produce phagocytes that are immune to the defense and resistance of outside pathogens from invading the body. Therefore, moderate tonsils are not all pathologically benign. Acute tonsillitis acute onset, the main symptoms are aversion to fever, general malaise, tonsil swelling, swallowing difficulties, and sometimes accompanied by vomiting or diarrhea, can be cured by a week or so of treatment. Chronic tonsillitis symptoms are generally mild, the patient often feel pharyngeal discomfort, mild obstruction, and sometimes affect swallowing and breathing, while some children with excessive tonsil hypertrophy, swallowing function is affected, and even blocked breathing, falling asleep When suffocating, snoring, often being aroused. Due to long-term chronic hypoxia and poor rest, resistance