 [ Symptoms ] tonsillectomy necesarry to help with psoriasis strep and yeast infections  since november i have had some kind of tonsillitis strep infection 3 times which twice has also been with severe yeast infection swelling my tongue and tonsils making unable to eat solids for a week when i get a strep infection i get a severe case of gutatte psoriasis on 60 of my body which has been treated with every type of steroid cream you can think of but do not work anymore the psoriasis wont shift and antibiotics are not helping much [ Disease ] a tonsillectomy is often helpful in people who are strep carriers or get frequent bouts of lab diagnosed strep you would need to see an ent specialist and of course the ent would need to justify this surgical procedure to your insurance company since they are the one is that foot the bill