Children between the ages of 4 and 6 are at high risk for pediatric tonsillitis.
Tonsils are a pair of immune organs located in the oropharynx, belonging to the lymphoid tissue, and they act as the first line of defense to eliminate pathogens during bacterial and viral infections. Generally speaking, tonsillitis does not occur in children 2 years old and below, because at this time the tonsils are not yet mature, and the tonsils are unable to respond to the attack of external pathogens.
Later, with the gradual development and maturity of the tonsils, once encountered viral and bacterial infections, the tonsils will act as an immune organ to make an inflammatory response to pathogen attacks, local inflammatory factor exudation, congestion, swelling, fever and pain, to the age of 4-10 years old is the peak of tonsil inflammation, the age of 4-6 years old in the range of the period of the period of time, belonging to the period of high incidence.
Pediatric tonsillitis is the need to pay attention to, in addition to local discomfort, frequent purulent tonsillitis will also trigger nephritis, endocarditis and other systemic pathologies.