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Have a one yellow puss on my right tonsil-3mths. its swollen,sore,have a little pain when i swallow. been on strong antibiotics x2,no change. cancer?
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Tonsil: Probably a tonsilolith. Needs to be curetted out, Van also use long q-tip and try to express it by pushing on sides.
Answered 3/12/2017
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