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Had strep throat beg of jan and was treated i waited couple weeks to be seen again i still had lil white patch on each tonsil can it be scarring?
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Unlikley: You will get white patches on the tonsils from viral illness, but you can also get food particles in the crypts of your tonsils that appear white. These will come and go. Nothing to worry about.
Answered 3/17/2017
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