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Spots on throat
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Dr. John McMahan reviewed this
50 year experience in ENT - Head & Neck Surgery
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A 41-year old asked:
What do brown spots on throat indicate?
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A 47-year old asked:
White spots on throat no other symptoms?
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A 46-year old asked:
Spots on throat and it feels like something is stuck in my throat. What does this sound like?
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A 54-year old female asked:
Had strep was on zpack. Back 2day to dr still have 2white spots on throat. Back on zpack. Is it normal 2 have 2 take 2 doses to clear up?
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A 44-year old asked:
White spots on throat, no fever, and the pain is going away, what might I have?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I am experiencing spots on throat they look like little blisters/ulcers.
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A 36-year old female asked:
Having pain in node a week ago and it's enlarged. Went to doctor and got antibiotic, no other symptoms, now brown spots on throat, worried.
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A 28-year old male asked:
My Friend is experiencing heartburn (gerd) (worsened by: bending forward) and spots on throat (quality: white or yellowish spots) . The following...
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A 39-year old female asked:
I am experiencing spots on throat (quality: white or yellowish spots) , neck pain, neck swelling and headache (occurred: 1 - 3 hours) (side: front, r?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Body temp 98.8 and sore throat, on Amoxacillin for 4 days. Had white spots on throat, but they have diminished. Am I getting better?
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A 22-year old male asked about a 43-year old male:
My Uncle is experiencing pain when swallowing and cough (quality: blood in phlegm) . The following also describes him: Spots on throat. What shoul...
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A 54-year old female asked:
On round 2 of zpack for strep. 2 small white spots on throat otherwise red throat. Not cultured on 2nd trip. Could it be viral?
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A 45-year old male asked:
I am experiencing spots on throat (quality: white ) on roof of mouth only. No fever they are all close together toward center and top.
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A 46-year old female asked:
Velscope oral cancer screen shows black spots on throat. Oral surg and ENT say they don't see anything/no symptoms, so won't do anything. Is there a protocol for early dx/positive Velscope? By definition, screening occurs with no symptoms. Confused.
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A 18-year old female asked:
Yellow spots on throat, sore throat, stuffy running nose, tired, and stiff neck... Any ideas on what i've got?
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A 20-year old female asked:
I have nasal congestion, sore throat and spots on throat. I had strep twice recently and just finished my Z pack recently. Can I have strep again?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Tonsils bleeding, white spots on throat, salivating a lot, it hurts like nothing else to swallow but should I? Or should I spit it out?
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A 20-year old female asked:
White patches and spots on throat, swollen tonsils, sore throat, strep test neg?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I am experiencing sore throat, spots on throat (quality: white or yellowish spots) , cough (quality: with phlegm or mucus) and ear pressure. The ...
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A 29-year old female asked:
I am experiencing sore throat, spots on throat and difficulty swallowing. The following also describe me: Pain when swallowing, Swollen tonsils, E...
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A 25-year old male asked:
25/m: sneezing, coughing up yellow phlegm, yellow mucus from nose, white spots on throat, very congested, trouble sleeping, headache between eyebrows.
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A 18-year old female asked:
I am experiencing spots on throat (quality: white or yellowish spots) , swollen throat and swollen tonsils (quality: white or yellowish spots on tonsils, red) . The following also describe me: Sore throat and Swollen glands. What should I do?
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A 33-year old asked:
Can a vaginal yeast infection or the antibiotics you take for it cause white spots on throat?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I have a fever highest 38.5 and headache for 2 days.I am on day 5 of antibiotics for tooth infection and white spots on throat but no pain swallowing?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Throat pain n cough on and off through the day, red spots on throat past my uvula, my right tonsil is swollen, pressure when moving eyes right n left.?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Oral sex and then next day white spots on throat. I went to the doctor and got (shot/azithromycin tablets) strep, ghono, chlamydia neg. Bacteri infec?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Sore throat for 2 months. White spots on throat that are very tiny now. Its not strep. Green phlegm with some blood in it. Some sinus pressure and a bit of an earache at one point. Sore throat appeared an hour after kissing someone. What is this?
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A 34-year old asked:
Swollen lymph nodes, fever, muscle tenderness, white spots on throat, and neck pain. What could this be?
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A 16-year old female asked:
I am experiencing swollen tonsils (quality: white or yellowish spots on tonsils) and sore throat. The following also describe me: Enlarged or tender lymph nodes, Spots on throat, Difficulty swallowing, and Neck pain. What should I do?
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A 23-year old male asked:
I am experiencing swollen tonsils (quality: white or yellowish spots on tonsils) . The following also describe me: Sore throat, Swollen glands, Pain when swallowing, Body aches, Fever, Spots on throat, Headache , can you prescribe me antibiotics ?
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