What are the symptoms of tonsillitis?

What are the symptoms of tonsillitis?

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Tonsillitis is an inflammation or infection of the tonsils that are in the throat or the adenoids, which are also tonsils, which are in the back of the nose. The symptoms are typically throat pain, fever, fetid, odored breath. You may have pus or small particles that are coming out of the tonsils that you can taste. Patients may have problems with their breathing, inability to eat food, problems swallowing as well. Those are typical signs of a tonsillitis.