Lymph nodes are swollen due to inflammation of tonsils, why don’t the lymph nodes go away?

Inflammation of the tonsils caused lymph node enlargement, lymph nodes always do not go away, it may be a normal disease regression, or it may be a chronic inflammatory reaction of the lymph nodes. Tonsillar inflammation caused lymph node enlargement, which is a relatively common inflammatory reaction in the acute phase, with the anti-infective treatment, the patient’s inflammation is under control, and gradually improve, most of the lymph node enlargement will gradually subside. However, there are also a small number of patients, the lymph nodes gradually shrink, but will not completely disappear, which is also a normal regression. There are also patients who have repeated acute episodes of chronic tonsillitis, or combined with other inflammatory problems in the respiratory tract of the chronic pharynx, so after the acute phase, the lymph nodes will still be slightly enlarged or even slightly painful, which is a chronic inflammatory reaction of the lymph nodes. Inflammation of the tonsils caused by lymph node enlargement, lymph nodes always do not go away, should go to the hospital otolaryngology department for further consultation.