What causes inflammation of the tonsils?

Inflammation of the tonsils is caused by bacterial infection, the most common bacteria are group A type B hemolytic streptococcus, after infection of the tonsils, generally speaking, it is a number of repeated infections lead to tonsil congestion, edema, obvious enlargement, sometimes there will be purulent secretion of the tonsil crypts, the patient will have a high fever, chills, enlargement of the obvious people will affect the respiratory tract and the difficulty in breathing, as well as snoring. Therefore, repeated infections of tonsillitis should be timely anti-inflammatory treatment, once the inflammation is under control, surgical treatment is needed to remove the lesions, in order to prevent repeated tonsillitis leading to acute glomerulonephritis and scarlet fever.