Peritonsillitis and peritonsillar abscess

Extract

• Tonsillitis may proceed to cause first cellulitis of the tissue surrounding the palatine tonsils, i.e. peritonsillitis, and further a peritonsillar abscess.
• The symptoms include fever, severe, often unilateral, throat pain and difficulty swallowing, sometimes trismus and difficulty speaking.
• Laboratory tests and imaging are usually unnecessary.
• Untreated, the disease may progress to cause a deep neck infection.
• The disease always requires emergency treatment.
• Adult patients feeling relatively well can often be treated also in primary health care.

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