Is tonsillitis contagious?

[Janie]

Not at all downplaying your very sore throat Nelle, but tonsillitis usually makes you really sick, and for days and days. So if you've had this before, maybe it's not tonsillitis? Of course, you could still have something contagious, just something different........

Hope you feel better soon, and it doesn't interfere with any of R's appointments

[Sterla]

The way I understand it, there are two types of tonsillitis - one is viral, one is bacterial. I may be wrong though