How do you get tonsillitis and is it contagious?

Tonsillitis is often thought of as a childhood illness, but the painful condition is also very likely to affect adults. It can also easily mistaken for Covid as both conditions display similar flu-like symptoms and both can make you feel dreadful. 1 Tonsillitis is not contagious, but the bacterial and virus infections that cause tonsillitis are. Here we look at what the symptoms of tonsillitis are and how to treat it. How do you get tonsillitis? Tonsillitis usually spreads through inhaling respiratory droplets that are made when someone with the infection coughs or sneezes. It is also possible to develop… Read Full Article