[jennyjuniper]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

They're very slow to remove kids tonsils now for some reason (here anyway) you need to have had tonsillitis a certain amount of times before they'll do it, no idea why really, tonsils are useless enough, aren't they?

Yes I believe they are useless Niamh, which was probably why in the 1950's at the first sign of tonsillitis they whipped them out. I have no idea why they let people suffer bout after bout of it now.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by jennyjuniper

Yes I believe they are useless Niamh, which was probably why in the 1950's at the first sign of tonsillitis they whipped them out. I have no idea why they let people suffer bout after bout of it now.

They're not actually useless, they're part of the lymphatic system and linked to immunity / infection prevention (ironically) though they aren't AS important in the modern world, as with good sanitation we're exposed to a lot less anyway. But removal can make you more prone to chest and (non tonsil related) throat infections.