The majority of children do not need a tonsillectomy.” But when done for the right reasons, tonsillectomy offers a meaningful and quality of life boost. “We have very happy families who often will say ...

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More information: Eugenia Li Ling Yeo et al, Tumor immune microenvironment delineates progression trajectories of distinct nasopharyngeal carcinoma phenotypes, Cell Reports Medicine (2025).

Home remedies are available. Repeated gargling with warm, salted water can reduce inflammation, loosen the stones and allow them to separate from the tonsillar crypts.

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While the cost of tonsillectomy—the surgery to remove one’s tonsils—varies depending on location and insurance, the out-of-pocket cost is around $2,000 to $5,000, per Amino.

The pharyngeal tonsils, which are otherwise known as adenoids, are major sites of nasal-associated lymphoid tissue (NALT).

You’d be surprised by how many body parts are capable of regeneration.

People Are Just Now Learning Your Tonsils Can Grow Back If you're unlucky, you might have to have your tonsils removed twice.

Katy Golden, who had her tonsils removed when she was 5 years old, had them removed a second time — 40 years later.