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My tonsils are swollen with white puss on them what should i be thinking ?

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Dr. David Kam answered

Tonsillitis: See your primary care doctor for a throat culture, antibiotic if positive for Strep. The other possibility is tonsil stones. See ENT for that condition.

Answered 9/22/2015

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My tonsils have been swollen for the past two weeks. Last week i had whit puss pockets on them and they went away, now I have pain. What is this?

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Very Swollen tonsils coated with a ton of white puss and now one of my Tonsils has what looks to be a black and blue bruise mixed with puss. Currently?

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Ok so i have a tooth abcess lower right side and all the sudden a blood clot came outta my mouth is that normal? there wasnt any puss still swollen on jaw line. I felt it come out just started keflex

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