In the US alone, around 300,000 children each year have their tonsils surgically removed to improve breathing while sleeping or reduce recurrent infection. A study by an international team of ...

You can still get strep throat even if you have undergone a surgery to remove your tonsils, a procedure called a ...

Sore throats are very common and won't come with a fever if they're caused by something like allergies, the common cold, or ...

Most sore throats in kids are viral and heal with home care, but strep throat is bacterial and needs antibiotics to prevent ...

Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO Strep throat is a bacterial infection, while the common cold is a viral infection. You will need antibiotics to treat strep throat, but colds usually go away ...

April 19, 2012 — Two more children died after taking standard age-appropriate doses of codeine for pain after adenotonsillectomy (AT) for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). A third child ...

For young children with mild OSA and small tonsils, adenotonsillectomy seems to be no more effective than watchful waiting.