Removal of tonsils (Tonsillectomy)

The tonsils are part of the immune system and function as one of the first places where the body can begin to react to the encounter with foreign viruses and bacteria in order to be able to start the production of antibodies. 

However, you can easily form antibodies without your tonsils, as the tonsils only make up a small part of the throat's immune system.

While the function of the tonsils is to protect the body and form important antibodies, from time to time, unfortunately, the tonsils can have the opposite effect and become the seat of recurrent infections with bacteria, in which case they will then offer to remove the tonsils. 

In other cases, the tonsils can grow so large that they can begin to block the throat. In these cases, they will also offer to remove the tonsils. 

Other good reasons for removing the tonsils are as a finishing treatment, if you e.g. e.g. have had an abscess in the throat, or if you form many clots in the tonsils and get bad breath from this.

At Charlottenlund Private Hospital, more of these operations are performed annually than anywhere else in the country. If you want to remove tonsils, or would like to know more about the procedure, please book a preliminary examination where the doctor will go over the arguments for and against removing tonsils for your particular case.