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What exactly does it mean if your throat is really sore with white stuff in one tonsil?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Infection: This could represent either a bacterial or a viral infection. See physician & get a strep throat test/ culture. If you have strep throat, antibiotic therapy is imperative to prevent future complications.

Answered 5/26/2013

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No cold throat sore on yawning. One circular white area at r side of throat near tonsil. What could this b. I don't smoke. Thank u?

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I have a very sore throat. There is small white dots on the back of my throat and two larger ones on the left and right side. Andi don't have tonsils.

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