Comments on: Can your tonsils grow back after being removed?

By: furmanator1957

furmanator1957 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:46:59 +0000

most of the time no but it is possible usually young children
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By: excito

excito — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:03:59 +0000

Tonsils and adenoids are lymphoid tissue. This is the same tissue that forms large lumps in your neck whenever you have a bad sore throat. (Those lumps are lymph nodes.) Lymph nodes can grow endlessly … & can sometimes be very large. Tonsils and adenoids have this same ability; as with lymph nodes, the individual cells that make up a tonsil or an adenoid have an enormous proliferative capacity.

Some body tissues can regenerate (grow back), and some can’t. Skin, for example, is able to regenerate. The liver can regenerate itself, provided it is not too severely injured. Nerves outside the central nervous system can regenerate to some degree, but nerves within the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) have a very poor ability to regenerate.
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By: Gooz

Gooz — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:47:59 +0000

personally i dont think its possible, but i have heard of it happening in extremely rare cases. anything is possible i guess.
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By: justcallmebronx

justcallmebronx — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:08:59 +0000

Yes, they can. My friend had hers removed, and they grew back within a year.
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By: Savvy1

Savvy1 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:48:59 +0000

No, Never heard of that one.
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By: Molly

Molly — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:42:59 +0000

I don't believe they can because when you get tonsillitis it means your tonsils are inflamed. When removed they're removed. They won't grow back because you're born with them its like growing back a kidney if removed.
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By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:09:59 +0000

well that is unlikely but it could be possible if you have a lot of nutrition or even vitamin
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By: blacknight

blacknight — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:30:59 +0000

i don't think so
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