Removing tonsils may not be the best treatment for kids

Removing the tonsils of children with mild or moderate throat infections is more expensive and has fewer health benefits than simply watching and waiting, Dutch researchers said. In a study published in the Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery involving 300 children aged 2 to 8 advised to have their tonsils out, those who avoided surgery had fewer annual visits to doctors and lower resulting medical costs due to fevers and throat infections.

Bonnie - I have said this for a while. Getting to the root of the issue is much more prudent than removal.