Autoimmune and tonsil removal?Does anyone think there could be a relation? I had a high fever when I was 9-10 (106-107) and after that I began having issues with strep and tonsillitis (never had issues before and maybe the fever damaged the function of my tonsils). After they were removed, I developed anemia and an iron deficiency. Tonsil tissue is similar to lymph node tissue and part of the immune system. Is it possible that tonsils help regulate the function of lymph nodes, to the degree that if removed it could prevent the lymph nodes from functioning independently when removed? Once tonsils are removed they no longer fight infection that would have been prevented before they were introduced to the body, which I would think would cause the immune system to work overtime because now they are being exposed to viruses that they were not meant to encounter because the immune system has no understanding of them where as the tonsils may have. So maybe tonsils are active when we are growing up because that is when we are exposed to things we haven't been exposed to before the most, and that is where the immune system could be getting its information. Without tonsils, the only way to understand infection is for white cells to go by what it was previously exposed (maybe tonsils dictate that information) to, and red cells to protect what it thinks it might be exposed to. Or with tonsils gone, no one is there to interpret new information so to protect the body, the immune system works all the time like a 'just in case' type of thing not understanding that damage is being done by them constantly working (like a child learning from the parent). White cells being like the second in command, tonsils being the dictator. Maybe how your immune system works where tonsils are concerned is more of how much exposure they had before removal. Is that possible? I present this question because I had no health issues before this, but they started popping up after.
aWellWisher
The tonsils are an important part of the immune system but not the controllerof it. The tonsils were affected and hence they were septic focus causing ill health rather than performing any useful function. So removing them won't cause any harm. It's like one country's spy turns a traitor so he must be eliminated.
Your other problems may be due to general weakness and lowered body resistance, it has no relation with tonsillectomy. Anemia may be due to a deficient diet.
Eat healthy and go for a regular physical exercise.
All the best!
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