Question
How to deal with a child’s frequent tonsillitis?
Answer
In childhood, the tonsils are a highly active immune organ containing various stages of lymphocytes, such as T cells, B cells, and phagocytes. They not only have humoral immune functions but also produce immunoglobulin IgA, which also has certain cellular immune functions. IgA can inhibit the adhesion of bacteria to the respiratory tract mucosa and suppress the growth and spread of bacteria, as well as neutralize and inhibit viruses. The immune function of the tonsils is most active between the ages of two and five. From an immunological perspective, due to the immune function of the tonsils, they should not be arbitrarily removed.