My mother, 52yrs/5'4''/140/caucasian, had tonsilits, 3 or 4 years ago. It was solved after maybe 2 weeks or less than that (it was quite problematic, she had to receive shots for the pain then). But after that, one of the tonsils seems to have "lowered" itself, and is not very visible now when looking through open mouth. I am worried for her because her midjugular node (I think that's how it's called) is swollen since then, it's visibly larger on one side... She didn't want to have her tonsils removed then, and she recently complained about ear pain, I think last year, and a few weeks ago again. And maybe a week ago, she complained about sore throat, for a day or 2. I worry what if it was HPV in her tonsils instead of some bacteria (could that cause one part of the neck to look thicker than normal)??? Is she in danger because of that swellign? She is stubborn and doesn't want to visit doctors if she doesn't feel pain or discomfort.