These findings are highly suggestive of a peritonsillar abscess. However, certain characteristic clinical and radiographic features of a peritonsillar abscess are not present in this patient ...

If you think you have an abscess, call your dentist. If you cannot reach a dentist, go to a hospital's emergency department for evaluation, especially if you feel sick. If an infection becomes so ...

A peritonsillar abscess is a collection of pus that forms near one of the tonsils. This type of abscess forms when a bacterial infection spreads from an infected tonsil to the surrounding area.

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He took himself to an urgent-care facility. A doctor told him it was a peritonsillar abscess, a type that forms near one of the tonsils, and gave him antibiotics; if they didn’t work ...

Bacterial tonsillitis sometimes leads to a condition called quinsy. This occurs when an abscess (or a buildup of pus) develops next to your tonsil, pushing it toward the center of your throat.

If the infection spreads, the boil can grow larger and become an abscess. This is a deep pocket of pus that requires urgent medical attention. Sometimes, other boils will erupt around the first one.

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After a few hours or days, it either vanishes or ruptures and leaks pus. This pus-filled lump is an abscess. Next, new lumps frequently form nearby. When untreated, larger lumps form and spread.

In some cases, though, these infections lead to complications that cause irritation on one side of the throat. A peritonsillar abscess, or quinsy, is an infection of the head and neck that causes pus ...