There are many diseases that remain dormant inside the body so people can know little about them unless they leave their impact upon us. The one such disease that usually remains dormant is related to our throat and it is called tonsillitis. It is a disease that develops inside the throat due to calcium but some other elements like phosphorous, ammonia, carbonate and magnesium also become a cause for tonsils. They develop in the forms of clusters in crevasses of tonsils. Mostly this disease occurs in palatine tonsils but it does not mean that tonsils cannot occur in lingual tonsils. Weight of the tonsils also very a great deal and they may range from 300 mg to 42 grams. So we can say that tonsils may remain in throat unnoticed for in the form of a big foreign object inside the throat. It is a disease that is mostly related to the young adults and children usually remain safe from this disease.
There are many theories about tonsillitis but we cannot for sure say what causes this disease. There are different theories about it and the one such theory is that tonsils develop inside the throat due to the presence of excessive dead white blood cells there. These cells combine to form cluster inside the throat that is called tonsil. Some others believe that the reason of tonsils is related to the presence of oral bacteria in throat. There may be the one or the many causes of this disease but the most important question related to this disease is that its symptoms by which an ordinary person could know that he or she is suffering from the disease.
Diagnosis of tonsillitis is not an easy task and it becomes more difficult when the tonsils are small. Most of the doctors keep their judgment about declaring this disease reserve unless they do not get an assurance by an x ray or CT scan. But we can even judge someone suffering from this disease and the most important and a common tonsillitis symptom by which we can get alarmed of having someone tonsil is halitosis. Halitosis is simply explained as bad breath that means someone taking a difficult breath during sleeping or a usual loud noise is heard during sleeping of the patient. We get an impression that the patient is not comfortable in breathing. Another tonsillitis symptom is pain in the throat and sometimes, the patient feels pain in throat. Some patients feel a metallic taste during eating and they remain unable to feel the true taste of the food. Throat closing or tight throat is another tonsillitis symptom that a number of patients of tonsils witness and there are a few patients who often face coughing fits. These are the patients that need treatment. The patients who suffer from large tonsils often witness tonsil infection and they have to bear the pain of sore throat quite often. Such patients sometimes feel difficulty in swallowing food and ear ache is another serious tonsillitis symptom.