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I had a yellowish white spot on the flap covering my tonsils that was hurting, and another one formed the next day. originally i thought it was a scra?
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Tonsils: If you have pain in throat, spots or "exudates" on tonsils, fever, no cough, and lymph nodes in the neck area you may have Strep throat. The white spots alone do not indicate Strep- could be even viral.
Answered 6/3/2018
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