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Spots on tonsils, white or yellow

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Spots on tonsils, white or yellow

Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this

39 year experience in Internal Medicine

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Tonsillitis
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Scarlet fever
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A member asked:

Yellow spots on my daughters tonsils?

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A member asked:

My daughters tonsil are really big red and got yellow spots on them?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 26-year old male asked:

I have some yellow spots on my tonsils and they've given me a lot of discomfort. What should I do? Are there any remedies for these kind of things

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 19-year old female asked:

Could the yellow spots on my tonsils be a std?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 23-year old female asked:

I have noticed a cut in my tonsil, it doesn't hurt, its not swollen and there are no wihte spots, I have a yellow mucus on my throught and a bad breath?

2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in

A female asked:

Uvula stuck on right side tonsil. white/yellow spots. high fever. beenalmost a week?

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A 19-year old male asked:

White patch on gums that wiped off. Small white dots on gums that won't wipe off and white and yellow spots on tonsils! what could be the problem?

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A 23-year old female asked:

I get white spots on tonsils some size of green pea a others size of lima bean put my finger on my tonsils and about a teaspoon of yellow white came?

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A 16-year old female asked:

Yellow/white spots on my tonsils complete with a headache and high fever. I've have tonsillitis a lot of times in the past, should I consider removal?

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A 18-year old female asked:

My left tonsil has been swollen now for a good 3-4 months. No pain or white spots. Roof of mouth is yellow/cream.

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A 24-year old female asked:

I am hpv positive my tonsils look like there cut and have yellow coming out of then also on throat yellow spots is it cancer ?

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A 21-year old female asked:

Yellow spots behind tonsils at back of throat. They don't hurt but make me have very bad breath! what are they and how can I get rid of them?

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A 18-year old male asked:

I have taken amoxicillin for 7 days, I still have small white things on my tonsils which are yellow when I wipe them, and red spots at back of throat?

2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in

A 17-year old female asked:

There's red spots on soft palate, yellowing where tonsils were and possibly white spots on back of throat?

2 doctor answers • 6 doctors weighed in

A 22-year old female asked:

I've had a sore throat for a week now my tonsils are inflamed but no spots, my tongue is a yellow colour what could it be?

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A 16-year old female asked:

I have red spots (like blood pinpricks), and yellow/white lumps at back of throat and behind tonsils but no sore throat? What could this be?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 17-year old female asked:

I have red spots on the soft palate of my mouth and I think there is yellowing where my tonsils were. There's possible white spots on back of throat?

1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in

A 21-year old female asked:

I am having a sore throat. Bumpy looking tonsils and tiny yellow spot . Palatoglossal arch with white spots .. what is this?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 23-year old female asked:

Sore red throat w/ yellow spots, change in voice, female 23 still have tonsils. Sore throat 1-3 time per year. Strep test is always negative.

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 24-year old female asked:

One small white/yellow spot on tonsil.. been coughing today. Tonsil stone or something else?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 18-year old female asked:

I have a spot on my left tonsil, its not white or yellow and it doesn't hurt but i can feel it, any idea of what it is???

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A female asked:

I have 1 yellow ish white spot on my right tonsil.. its been there for a while not causing no pain or irritation.. just wondering what it could be?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 21-year old female asked:

Single yellow spot on right tonsil. Antibiotic didn't help have no pain. What could it be?

2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in

A 23-year old female asked:

Felt unwell for a week. No vomit. Got no better, no worse. Have also had 1 yellow spot on my right tonsil, again this has got no better or worse.

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A 29-year old female asked:

Got strange yellow spot on my right tonsil since i fell preg, 34 wks now.OB reckons its hormonal related?General Phys did swabs NAD.No pain. harmful?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 20-year old female asked:

Had tonsil stones before now there is what looks like tonsil stones but I can see a yellow spot and white bumps at the back of my throat ?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 18-year old female asked:

I have an irritated whitish yellow spot on the back right side of my throat. It is not a tonsil stone but I do get those sometimes. What is it?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A female asked:

Yellow flat spot behind tonsil not on my tonsils. I suffer from reflux and PND with sinusitis. It is at the very back wall of throat behind tonsil?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 19-year old female asked:

At the back of my throat on one of my tonsils it is red and inflamed on the left side it also hurts to swallow and has a white/yellow spot on it?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 30-year old female asked:

I have a sore throat, cough that hurts my chest. And i seen ONE yellow spot on my right tonsil. No fever that ive noticed. Could it be strep?

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