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My throat has been sore like i have strep, and i looked at it and a have a hard white thing on what seems to be my right tonsil. what should i do?

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Dr. Oscar Novick answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Tonsillar debris: Probably debris caught in the crypts of your tonsils. If it remains troublesome see an ENT doctor.

Answered 6/10/2014

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