The role of the tonsils is to resist the invasion of external viruses or bacteria, the production of lymphocytes and antibodies.
Tonsils are important immune organs of the body, and the tonsil birth center contains various phagocytes that can phagocytose and destroy various pathogens. At the same time, tonsils can produce a variety of natural immunity cells and antibodies, such as T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, phagocytes and immunoglobulins, etc., which can eliminate and destroy harmful substances that invade the body from the blood, lymph or tissue.
At birth, tonsils have no growth center, with age, the immune function is gradually active, especially at the age of 3-5 years old, due to more exposure to external allergens, tonsils increased significantly, tonsil hypertrophy at this time should be regarded as a normal physiological phenomenon, the immune function of the tonsils tends to decline after adulthood, and the volume is gradually reduced.