Your tonsils (you know, those two blobs of tissue at the back of your throat) are there for you through every cough, sneeze, and sniffle, battening down the hatches every time an infection tries to ...

Ear Nose and Throat specialist Mbira Gikonyo. (Photo: Beverlyne Musili, Standard) The hospital visits became numerous, tiresome and expensive. The sore throat, runny nose, bad breath, swollen tonsils ...

Cough, cold, and upper respiratory infections tend to increase during the fall and winter months. Many of those infections are viral, and some are primarily or secondarily bacterial. In children, the ...

Tonsillectomies are among the most common medical procedures that children undergo. A recent article from the National Institutes of Health estimates more than 500,000 tonsillectomies are performed on ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." That dangly thing in the back of your throat (a.k.a. your uvula) is pretty important—it helps you swallow ...

Q. I know that tonsillectomy is no longer routinely performed in children as it was when I was a child. But what about children who have such enlarged tonsils and adenoids that they obstruct breathing ...

A good day of learning for children starts with a good night’s sleep. But what if something is interrupting that? “We homeschool and learning was just ...

A family in Noida faced a heart-wrenching ordeal when their five-year-old son required surgery for alarming respiratory issues brought on by pollution after relocating to the area. Struggling with ...

Removing tonsils (tonsillectomy) used to be the commonest operation for children before the 1960s, so many parents of today may well have had their tonsils out when they were children. Doctors are ...

The health visitor is possibly correct in saying that the cause of your grandson's loud snoring is enlargement of his tonsils - the other cause could be enlarged adenoids - or he could suffer with ...

White spots typically show up on tonsils as the result of a bacterial, viral, or yeast infection. Usually, the best method of treatment is antibiotics to fight the infection. Generally, white spots on ...