Tonsills belong to a particularly important lymphoid organ in the human body. It can play a very important defense function and can secrete antibodies and lymphocytes , achieving effective antiviral and antibacterial effects.
However, in daily life, many people often experience tonsil swollen, causing patients to repeatedly experience symptoms such as pain in the throat and poor breathing, which has a great impact on their health.
Why do tonsils become enlarged?
1. Bacterial or virus infection
Although tonsils can play an antiviral and antibacterial role, because tonsils are at the intersection of the digestive tract and respiratory tract, they are the only way to diet, exhale and inhale, and they are easy to come into contact with some bacteria, viruses or foreign objects.
Although the lymphocytes secreted by can kill some viruses and bacteria, the killing function of these lymphocytes will be very low for a series of pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus, hemolytic streptococci or pneumococci . It is easy to infect the invasion of these pathogenic bacteria, which will cause enlargement of the tonsils.
2. tonsillar cancer
The cause of tonsillar cancer is not clear, but it is generally believed to be related to long-term drinking, smoking, chewing betel nut , or infection with HPV virus.
Once you suffer from tonsillar cancer, the patient's tonsillar area will have obvious enlargement. It also has very obvious problems such as swallowing, breathing difficulties, unclear speech, blood in the sputum, and enlarged lymph nodes in the neck of .
3. Acute tonsillitis
Accurate tonsillitis is a non-specific inflammation, especially when upper respiratory tract infection will induce acute tonsillitis. The cause of the disease is generally caused by infection with Staphylococcus aureus , Streptococcus pneumoniae , or infection with rhinovirus , EB virus, adenovirus , and influenza virus.
In addition, if infected with Mycoplasma pneumoniae or Chlamydia trachoma, it will also induce acute tonsillitis.
Once you suffer from acute tonsillitis, the patient's tonsillar area will experience obvious swelling or even suppuration. In addition, most patients will also experience pain in the throat when swallowing food. This pain is very severe and will radiate to the ears. At the same time, it will also be accompanied by a series of discomforts such as obvious headaches, high fevers, and physical weakness.
4. Decreased immunity
For example, when staying up late for a long time to work, study, or overworked body or brain for a long time, or drinking too little water for a long time, or being under high cold, or having too much stress or feeling poor, lack of nutrients in the body, it will lead to a decline in the body's immune function.
Once the body's immunity is reduced, the antiviral and antibacterial abilities of the tonsils will also decrease, and the tonsils will be easily invaded by some pathogenic bacteria, which will lead to enlargement of the tonsils. It also causes chronic inflammation in the tonsil area, which will cause the tonsil to be in a swollen state for a long time.
In short, the causes of tonsil swelling are generally related to the above four factors. Therefore, when lymph node enlargement and occur repeatedly, it is best to go to a regular hospital for treatment based on the reasons and corresponding treatment.
In addition, in daily life, you must pay attention to adding more warm water and eating more foods rich in vitamins. We must pay more attention to keeping our body warm and not overwork or staying up late to effectively protect the health of tonsils.
