What Is Viral Tonsillitis?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
4. Fever
In cases of viral tonsillitis, the body will react to try and remove the virus from the body. The immune system will heat the body up to levels that are too hot for a virus to survive, slowing or maybe killing the virus outright. This is known as a fever, and nearly everybody would have experienced one at some point in their lives.
Another part of the immune system, the lymph nodes, will also be called into action. As they battle to help defeat the virus, they too can become visibly swollen. Patients will also sometimes complain of a stiff neck and/or a headache. If the patient also has bad breath, the infection is likely to be bacterial.
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