METHOD OF PALATINE TONSILS EXAMIONATION FOR FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC G01N33/48 C12Q1/04 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to otorhinolaryngology, and can be applied in diagnostics of upper airways diseases. Said method includes examination of palatine tonsil lacuna contents. It is combined with evaluating the immunologic activity of palatine tonsils with calculating the coefficient K determined as a relation of lymphocytes in one great square of Gorjaev's count chamber to total colonies of microorganisms in thousand units cultivated after inoculation of crypt contents 0.05 ml. If K is <1, decompensation of immunologic functions of palatine tonsils is observed and requires tonsillectomy, while K>1 shows satisfactory immunologic functions of palatine tonsils with conservative therapy recommended. Application of the method allows evaluating decompensation of functions of palatine tonsils referring to immunological activity of these organs within clinical examination of the patient.

EFFECT: possibility to evaluate decompensation of functions of palatine tonsils referring to immunological activity of these organs within clinical examination of the patient.

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