Tonsils can be removed if you suffer from recurrent acute attacks of chronic tonsillitis, excessive hypertrophy of tonsils, tonsil tumors and other diseases.
1. Repeated acute attacks of chronic tonsillitis: chronic tonsillitis 7 times a year or 5 acute attacks in 2 consecutive years, which seriously affects the normal life, then tonsils are recommended to be surgically removed.
2. Excessive hypertrophy of tonsils: especially for children, there may be symptoms such as breathlessness, snoring during sleep, swallowing obstacles, etc., which have seriously affected normal life, and in this case, tonsils can be removed.
3. Tonsil tumor: for some benign tonsil tumors, the tonsils can be removed together when removing the tumor, if it is a malignant tumor, it should be decided carefully.
Whether tonsils need to be removed or not should be done under the judgment of professional doctors.