what should you do if you have white spots on your tonsils?
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White spots may be confined to the tonsils or located throughout the mouth. If the white spots do not go away in a few days, or are accompanied by a sore throat, it is advisable to see a doctor. Treatments vary, but gargling warm salt water several times a day may help ease the pain.
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Tonsillectomy scabs form quickly. The scabs become thick white patches at the back of your throat. You should see one on each side on top of the small amounts of tonsil tissue leftover from your surgery.
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Infectious mononucleosis It's an infection that spreads through saliva, which is why it's sometimes called “the kissing disease.” People who develop mono will frequently experience white patches of pus around the tonsils.
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Strep can cause white spots, but rarely does. Usually the throat is somewhat red and can have the red spots which are petechia. The body aches in strep are also less severe in strep and one of the defining symptoms of flu.
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['White patches on the tonsils or back of the throat.', 'Just a sore throat without cough/cold symptoms like a runny nose or congestion.', 'Swollen lymph nodes (right below the earlobes)']
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The most common cause is an infection. Infections may be due to bacteria, a fungus, or a virus. Although anyone can develop an infection that leads to white spots on the tonsils, having a weakened immune system puts a person at a higher risk.
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A sore throat is the most common of all tonsillitis symptoms. You may also have a cough, high temperature (fever), headache, feel sick (nausea), feel tired, find swallowing painful, and have swollen neck glands. The tonsils may swell and become red. Pus may appear as white spots on the tonsils.
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If you have white spots on your tonsils it could be a sign of tonsillitis. Tonsillitis is usually a viral infection, and symptoms tend to go away after a week.
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Oropharyngeal candidiasis, or oral thrush, is a yeast or fungal infection of your mouth and throat. It can cause white spots in these locations. Thrush is more common in babies, as well as people with weak immune systems.
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You might see white dots or patches in the back of your throat. Your tonsils -- the bumps on either side at the back of your throat -- might be red and swollen, too. These could be signs of bacterial infection like strep throat or oral thrush, or a viral infection like oral herpes or mononucleosis.
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Strep Throat When you think about the symptoms of this bacterial infection, a sore throat and trouble swallowing probably come to mind first. But it commonly causes white patches in your throat, too. You might also have these: Fever.
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['Do Nothing – Sometimes with regular brushing and good oral hygiene, the spots will go away all on their own.', 'Re-Mineralization – This common solution usually involves applying a cream to your teeth that contains the minerals the bad bacteria took from your teeth.']
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Sometimes the symptoms can be more severe and include: swollen, painful glands in your neck (feels like a lump on the side of your neck) white pus-filled spots on your tonsils at the back of your throat.
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What causes throat white patches? White patches at the back of your throat or on your tonsils are usually signs of infection, particularly strep throat, tonsillitis, or mononucleosis; they are sometimes associated with a syphilitic infection.
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Strep can cause white spots, but rarely does. Usually the throat is somewhat red and can have the red spots which are petechia. The body aches in strep are also less severe in strep and one of the defining symptoms of flu. The only accurate way to diagnose strep is through a strep screen or a throat culture.
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These white spots are caused by dehydration of the enamel surface of your teeth. Once saliva hits the teeth they will rehydrate and the white spots will disappear.
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It's an infection that spreads through saliva, which is why it's sometimes called “the kissing disease.” People who develop mono will frequently experience white patches of pus around the tonsils. Other symptoms include: flu-like symptoms.