A 24-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a three-day history of worsening sore throat, pain with swallowing and fever. She had been seen by her primary care physician one day ...

WATCH the stomach-churning moment a doctor drains a pus-filled abscess in a woman’s throat. Surgeon Rahmat Omar can be seen using a tool to burn away the growth on the woman’s tonsil. Pus is seen ...

Clinicians have successfully used antibiotics and steroids, instead of an aerosol-generating procedure, to treat a COVID-19-positive man's peritonsillar abscess. Details were published on September 7 ...

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Peritonsillar abscess or Quinsy is a collection of pus between the fibrous capsule of the tonsil usually in the upper pole and the super constrictor muscle of the pharynx. It frequently follows as a ...

While the mere mention of tonsillitis can trigger fear that a trip to the hospital is coming to remove those tonsils, the infection can actually mean many things. “Strep throat is a common cause of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lee Ryan has been admitted to hospital with quinsy [Photo: Getty] ‘Eastenders’ star Lee Ryan hit the headlines this morning after ...

Pus is seen oozing out of the painful lump as it’s cut away. “The video shows the incision and drainage of right tonsil abscess,” he said. “Initial oral antibiotic therapy has failed and he became ...