Quinsy is the inflammation of which body organ due to abscess?
Peritonsillar abscess per 100,000 people per year. Younger children who develop a peritonsillar abscess are often immunocompromised and in them, the infection can cause airway obstruction. The condition is often referred to as "quincy", "quinsy", or "quinsey", anglicised versions of the French word "esquinancie" which was originally rendered as squinsey and subsequently quinsy. Peritonsillar abscess Peritonsillar abscess (PTA), also known as a quinsy, is pus due to an infection behind the tonsil. Symptoms include fever, throat pain, trouble opening the mouth, and a change to the voice. Pain is usually worse on one side. Complications may include blockage of the airway or
Cold abscess or in deep tissue such as the spine. Cold abscess Cold abscess refers to an abscess that lacks the intense inflammation usually associated with infection. This may be associated with infections due to bacteria like tuberculosis and fungi like blastomycosis that do not tend to stimulate acute inflammation. Alternatively, cold abscesses are typical in persons with hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome, even when infected with an organism like "Staphylococcus aureus" that causes typical ("hot") abscesses in others. Signs of acute inflammation are absent, so the abscess is not hot and red as in a typical abscess filled with pus. Cold abscesses are