Wolraich recommends patients who are prone to tonsil stones use a water flosser to rinse the tonsils after meals.

Tonsils, everyone is born with them, but what do they do? “Nobody really knows exactly how they work or what their function is,” says Dr. Ryan Winters, a board-certified Otolaryngologist Head ...

According to a new study led by UB orthodontic researcher Thikriat Al-Jewair, oversized tonsils and tongues place people at high risk for obstructive sleep apnea, a disorder in which breathing ...

Tonsils are lymph nodes, small structures that are part of your body’s immune system. You have three sets of tonsils that can be found at the back of your throat and the base of your tongue.

Traditional or total tonsillectomy: Complete removal of both tonsils. Intracapsular tonsillectomy: Removing affected tonsil tissue and leaving a layer to protect muscles in the throat.

If you are a parent who is constantly at the doctor's office with your child with yet another sore throat, it may be time to talk to a doctor about long-term solutions.

In the summer of 1983, Katy Golden’s mom stocked their kitchen with popsicles and bubble gum. Golden was 5 years old and about to have her tonsils removed to help with some ear issues she’d ...

There are two common reasons to get your tonsils removed. If you have constant infections in your throat or tonsils, then they should be removed. The other most common reason is that the tonsils ...

Tonsils were placed in ice-cold PBS plus antibiotics, and processing began <30 min after surgical excision. Tonsils were manually dissected and gently grounded with a syringe plunger through a 70 ...