Can inflammation of the tonsils lead to swollen lymph nodes?

Most patients with tonsillitis will show enlarged lymph nodes in the jaw. Tonsillitis is a common clinical pharyngeal disease, patients mainly manifested as fever, headache, sore throat, dysphagia and other symptoms, the examination can be found in the pharyngeal mucosa congestion and edema, enlarged tonsils, and often enlarged lymph nodes in the angle of the mandible, with pain when pressed. There are acute and chronic tonsillitis, acute tonsillitis is mainly anti-infective treatment, preferred penicillin antibiotics, supplemented with compound chlorhexidine and other drugs such as gargling. Chronic tonsillitis can be treated with immunotherapy on the basis of anti-infection, using immunity-enhancing drugs such as transfer factors. Tonsillitis has a tendency to recur, and repeated episodes of tonsillitis may induce nephritis, rheumatism and other diseases, so surgical excision should be considered for repeated episodes of tonsillitis. Patients with tonsillitis and enlarged lymph nodes in the jaw are advised to go to the hospital as soon as possible and be treated accordingly under the guidance of professional doctors.