Tonsillitis is an infection or inflammation of the tonsils. The palatine tonsils are balls of lymphatic tissue on both sides of the throat, above and behind the tongue.
Human’s salivary glands include parotid glands, submandibular glands, sublingual glands and minor salivary glands. The parotid gland is the largest salivary gland in human, located at anterior and inferior to ear.
Otitis media with effusion (OME) is characterized by a nonpurulent effusion in the middle ear with intact eardrums. It may be divided into pediatric and adult OME, according to the onset age.
"Hoarseness" is a term often used to describe any change in voice quality. Hoarseness that lasts for more than two weeks requires a complete otolaryngolic examination to rule out potentially serious causes such as malignancy.
Chronic suppurative otitis media involves a perforation (hole) in the eardrum and active bacterial infection within the middle ear space for several weeks or more.