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Tonsillitis
Definition
Infection of tonsils, two masses of tissue at the back of the throat
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Pathophysiology
Tonsillitis develops when the pathogen, viral or bacterial, infects the tonsils and elicits an inflammatory response. It develops when the viruses infiltrate the tonsils and cause an inflammatory response of up-regulated cytokines.