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How can i tell the difference between tonsilitus and thrush?
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TONSILLITIS/THRUSH: Tonsillitis is infection of the tonsils and can be bacterial. Thrush is viral caused by Candida Albicans affecting mostly the tongue.
Answered 5/15/2017
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Different locations: Thrush usually appears as white patches at multiple places in the mouth, inside the cheeks and on the tongue. Tonsillitis has redness or white patches just on the tonsils at the back of the throat. Both can hurt a lot. Thrush comes from a fungus germ. Treatments for the two are quite different.
Answered 5/16/2018
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