| If there is pus on the tonsils then the condition can properly be diagnosed as tonsillitis. |
| Surgery might also help by removing tonsils and adenoids that prevent proper breathing. |
| Enlarged adenoids or tonsils, which are at the back of the throat, may block the Eustachian tube. |
| The tonsils and the back of the throat may look red, swollen and dotted with whitish or yellowish patches of pus. |
| Overweight men between the ages of 30 and 65 are most commonly affected, but it may also occur in children with enlarged tonsils or adenoids. |
| In fact, there is no evidence that tonsils or adenoids are important after the age of three. |
