How can I be sure that my tonsils are inflamed?

It is determined that the tonsils are inflamed, and the specific manifestations are as follows: 1. Self-perceived symptoms: First, the patient may have severe sore throat, which may radiate to the ear, accompanied by swallowing difficulties, swollen submandibular lymph nodes, and sometimes feel inconvenient to turn the head. The onset of the disease is relatively rapid, and there may be chills, high fever, headache, decreased appetite, fatigue, general malaise, constipation, etc. 2, physical examination: the examination shows that the patient has an acute face, and the pharyngeal mucosa is diffusely congested, with the tonsils and the two frontal arches being the most serious. The palatine tonsils are enlarged, and there are yellowish-white pus spots on their surface, yellowish-white or grayish-white dotted tofu-like exudate at the mouth of the crypt, which can be connected into one piece, resembling a pseudomembrane, and enlarged submandibular lymph nodes.