Enlarged tonsils may cause chronic pharyngitis. Patients with enlarged tonsils may not only be physiological hypertrophy, but may be accompanied by inflammatory changes in the tonsils, in the tonsillar inflammation stimulation can cause local mucosal congestion, redness, swelling, follicular hyperplasia of the pharynx, thus causing laryngitis.
Enlarged tonsils can generally be divided into 3 degrees, the causes of enlargement include physiological enlarged tonsils, pathologic enlarged tonsils.
1. For 1-2 degrees of physiological tonsil enlargement, if not often inflamed, there will not be too obvious clinical symptoms, this situation causes chronic laryngitis is less. For 3 degrees of physiological tonsil enlargement, it may cause foreign body sensation in the throat, snoring, open-mouth breathing and other symptoms, due to sleep snoring, open-mouth breathing may cause throat dryness and discomfort, may also induce laryngitis.
2. Pathological enlarged tonsils are often seen in chronic tonsillitis long-term stimulation, under the stimulation of tonsillitis can cause local mucosal congestion, redness, swelling, follicular hyperplasia in the throat, which can cause discomfort in the throat, leading to chronic pharyngolaryngitis.
So if you have enlarged tonsils, chronic pharyngitis, it is also recommended to go to the hospital in time, standardized treatment.