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White spots in mouth
White spots in the mouth are often caused by a yeast (Candida) infection called oral thrush.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
35 year experience in Pediatrics
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My 3 year old has white spots in mouth?
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My year old daughter has white spots in mouth?
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A 29-year old asked:
White spots in mouth are cancer, right?
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A 30-year old asked:
Swollen all over, racing heart, white spots in mouth. What is it?
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A 40-year old male asked:
38 days ago, unprotected sex with woman. Everything was fine until a week ago. Low grade fever, chills but now as I write this my mouth feels like cotton and have a white tongue with white spots in mouth. Im afraid to test. Thrush? Am I a lost cause?
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A 24-year old female asked:
I want to know if i may have strep and if i should be treated. I've had over 4 days a sore throat, painful swallowing, ear pain, headache, abdominal pain/nausea, & 2 white spots in mouth. No fever, cough. Symptoms improving or being consistent?
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A member asked:
White spots in my mouth?
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A 47-year old asked:
Please tell me what causes white spots in the mouth besides cancer?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Are skin tags, white painful spots in mouth, related to HPV in an kind of way?
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A 46-year old asked:
What can cause a yellow tongue and white spots in the mouth?
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A 26-year old male asked:
I have white spots in my mouth what type of doctor i will have to visit?
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A 16-year old male asked:
Pain behind last tooth upper right. Pain spreads to right ear and front neck. White spots in my mouth. Can open mouth wide. Swollen neck glands.
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A member asked:
Do the white spots in my babys mouth mean he has thrush?
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A 22-year old male asked:
I have white spots inside my mouth in both cheeks. They don't hurt or bother me. Could it be aids?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Black spots, white spots, and lumps in my mouth. Not sure what it is. I've been smoking for roughly 4-5 years.
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A member asked:
What are the white spots inside my babys mouth?
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A 43-year old asked:
What are the water spots arround my mouth?
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A 36-year old asked:
What causes these spots at back of tongue and mouth?
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A 37-year old asked:
What can cause spots at the back of the tongue and mouth?
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A 46-year old asked:
I keep getting spots around my mouth. What could this be from?
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A 18-year old male asked:
Why do i have light white spots inside mouth but they dont hurt ?
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A 41-year old asked:
Why do I have itchy spots on the corners of my mouth?
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A 49-year old asked:
What causes whitish spots in the mouth besides cancer?
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A 31-year old male asked:
My son has spots in his mouth what could it be?
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A 34-year old asked:
Why does my mouth have so many spots, please help?
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A 33-year old male asked about a male:
My son has blistery spots around his mouth and anus?
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A 39-year old asked:
Can Fordyce spots be found on the corners of the mouth?
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A 31-year old female asked about a male:
My son has little red spots on the rough of hid mouth and a pussey like spot on his left tinisil?
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A 29-year old male asked:
I have a round spots in my mouth that does not go through 15 days. I don't feel the pain, so it's not painful. But I feel its presence. I used snus.
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A 24-year old male asked:
What's the cure for Fordyce spots in mouth?
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