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=== Assistant: Your tonsils and adenoids were basically the chaotic relatives ruining every family gathering. ===
Your tonsils and adenoids were basically the chaotic relatives ruining every family gathering.

Chronic ear infections and strep are the classic signs that those tissues were not doing their job—they were inflamed, swollen, and trapping bacteria instead of stopping it. When adenoids get big or chronically infected, they can block the Eustachian tubes (the little drains from your middle ear), which traps fluid and… boom… ear infections on repeat.

Strep? Same deal. Your tonsils become the preferred Airbnb for every passing germ.

So your immune system wasn’t weak—you were dealing with two faulty pieces of equipment.

Once they removed them at 15:

Your ears could finally drain normally.
Your throat stopped being a bacterial rave.
Your immune system finally had breathing room.

And you noticed the difference immediately, because the source of all the chaos was gone.

It’s kind of wild how a tiny cluster of tissue can ruin childhood winters, but once it’s out? Life gets suspiciously quiet and healthy.