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How Can Swollen Tonsils Be Treated?

Can wisdom teeth affect your tonsils? My tonsils have been swollen for the past three days very similar to the feeling of strep throat; however, there are no other symptoms such as fever or feeling run down. I have all four of my wisdom teeth, three of which are impacted, and this happens about 4-5 times a year.
Tue, 25 Jul 2017
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Hi..
Thanks for the query..

As per your complain swollen tonsils can be due to throat infection that can be strep throat also and not necessarily due to impacted wisdom tooth..

BUT in case if you have impacted wisdom tooth and the gum flap over it gets inflammed due to insufficient cleaning leading to infection can cause radiating pain in throat as well as some level of infection to neck glands leading to their enlargement and swelling.

If any of the wisdom tooth is decayed and painful it can also lead to pain and swelling of lymph nodes as well as to some extent tonsils but it is not always necessary..

I would suggest you to see an ENT specialist as you have recurrent episodes of tonsillar swelling and get evaluated for the exact cause of it..

If it is Strep complete antibiotic course will cure the problem and if it is due to wisdom tooth an appointment with the dentist will be required to find out whether the tooth needs extraction.

Doing warm saline gargles can help you in both conditions whether related to wisdom tooth or tonsils..

Hope your query is solved..

Thanks and regards..
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How Can Swollen Tonsils Be Treated?

Hi.. Thanks for the query.. As per your complain swollen tonsils can be due to throat infection that can be strep throat also and not necessarily due to impacted wisdom tooth.. BUT in case if you have impacted wisdom tooth and the gum flap over it gets inflammed due to insufficient cleaning leading to infection can cause radiating pain in throat as well as some level of infection to neck glands leading to their enlargement and swelling. If any of the wisdom tooth is decayed and painful it can also lead to pain and swelling of lymph nodes as well as to some extent tonsils but it is not always necessary.. I would suggest you to see an ENT specialist as you have recurrent episodes of tonsillar swelling and get evaluated for the exact cause of it.. If it is Strep complete antibiotic course will cure the problem and if it is due to wisdom tooth an appointment with the dentist will be required to find out whether the tooth needs extraction. Doing warm saline gargles can help you in both conditions whether related to wisdom tooth or tonsils.. Hope your query is solved.. Thanks and regards..