These symptoms tell me that I have an inflammation of the palate | What is tonsillitis?

These symptoms tell me that I have an inflammation of the palate

Typically, tonsillitis is recognized by a sudden onset of painful swallowing and sore throat. High fever and a significantly reduced general condition are common. The tonsils swell up in an inflammatory way, become bright red and usually have a white, grayish or yellowish coating.

The purulent coating of the almonds can be stripy, punctiform or completely coherent. The lymph nodes in the neck and jaw angle are often swollen. The pain may radiate into the ears and headaches may occur.

Swallowing difficulties include symptoms such as pain when swallowing, a lump feeling in the throat, dumpy speech, and disturbances in the act of swallowing up to the inability to swallow. “Harmless” swallowing problems can occur when an inflammation of the tonsils causes pain when swallowing food. If an abscess (peritonsillar abscess) develops in the context of a tonsillitis of the palate, extremely strong pain occurs during swallowing and the mouth is usually difficult and painful to open (jaw clamp).

If swallowing is very difficult, the treating family doctor or ENT specialist should be consulted. Characteristic symptoms of tonsillitis are severe sore throats. The sore throat can radiate into the jaws and ears.

Usually the sore throat lasts longer than two days and is accompanied by complaints such as difficulty swallowing, clogged speech and bad breath. In acute tonsillitis, earaches are often caused by radiating sore throats. The severe sore throat radiates into the corners of the jaw, ears and adjacent soft tissues.

A unilateral earache can indicate a complication of the palatine tonsilitis, namely the peritonsillar abscess. The tonsils are reddened and swollen in case of an inflammation. If bacteria are responsible for the disease, the tonsils are often covered with pus.The bacterially colonized almonds excrete a whitish to yellowish, tough mass, which is also called detrius (cell waste) or pus stippling. In the case of a severe inflammation, the pus stipples can merge into each other or even extend beyond the palatal tonsils.