Peritonsillar abscess, also known as quinsy, is a bacterial infection that causes pus to collect near the tonsils and the back of the throat. It usually starts with bacteria responsible for strep ...

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Quinsy, or peritonsillar abscess, is among the commonest deep infections of the adult head and neck. In contrast to tonsillitis, it occurs in adults and the bacteria responsible are different, thus it ...

Crissy Rock was rushed to the hospital to have a painful abscess in her throat drained. The Benidorm actress said she had ‘never felt a pain like it’ after being diagnosed with quinsy. The 60-year-old ...

Peritonsillar abscess or Quinsy is a collection of pus between the fibrous capsule of the tonsil usually in the upper pole and the super constrictor muscle of the pharynx. It frequently follows as a ...

Quinsy or peritonsillar abscess is an acute infectious swelling of the upper pole of the tonsillar fossa (tonsillar sinus). It is mostly seen in adults between 20 and 40 years old, and lies between ...

CHECK-UP:Quinsy develops when the space between each tonsil and the throat wall becomes infected, writes MARION KERR. I developed tonsillitis over Christmas but didn’t go to see a doctor until last ...

A 24-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a three-day history of worsening sore throat, pain with swallowing and fever. She had been seen by her primary care physician one day ...

In severe cases this may lead to difficulty in swallowing solids, liquids and occasionally saliva, explains Dr Hussein Al Kadiri, ENT Specialist, Zulekha Hospital, Sharjah. About 70 per cent of all ...

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A 61-year-old male was referred from his GP to investigate a pain of ostensibly dental origin down the right side of the throat. The pain had started a week earlier, and made swallowing very painful.