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Tonsils aren't essential to life.

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Can a person survive without any tonsils?

Yes.


What can cause a person to lose their tonsils?

The most common way a person loses his/her tonsils is through tonsillectomy; a surgical removal of the tonsils.


What can cause recurring strep throat in a person with no tonsils?

Unfortuntely tonsils do have the possibility of growing back, but strep affects the tonsils AND throat.


Can you live without your bone marrow spleen tymus lymph lymph nodes and tonsils?

It helps return leaked blood to your bloodstream.


What makes tonsils spread from person to person?

Tonsils are organs like your tongue. They do not spread. What can be spread is infection of the tonsils called tonsillitis. This infection a strept throat and this bacteria can be spread from one person to another like a cold would.


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A person can live minutes without air.


Can a person live without a heart or Love?

A person can't live without a heart (the organ), but a person does not need empathy or love to live.


What glands can you live without?

You can live without your tonsils, which are found at the back of your throat, and your spleen, which helps filter blood and fight infections. In some cases, removal of the thyroid gland, which controls metabolism, is manageable with hormone replacement therapy.


What is the name for a person that remove tonsils?

A surgeon.


Why a person cannot live without the kidneys?

no a person cannot live without there kidneys with out medical help


Can a person live with out a liver?

No a person cannot live without a liver


Can somebody tell you why your friends tonsils have disappeared without surgery?

His tonsillitis and the enlarged tonsils it causes may have disappeared. His tonsils may now have shrunk to their normal smaller size.