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Suggest Treatment For White Spots On The Tonsils And Bad Taste In Mouth

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Posted on Mon, 26 Sep 2016
Question: I have had tonsillitis for 7 weeks after giving oral sex. I still have white spots on my tonsils but no other symptoms besides a bad taste in my mouth. I have been tested for strep, mono, gonorrhea and chlamydia and all were negative. I have been gargling with warm salt water frequently but it does not seem to help. I was also on antibiotics for the first 2 weeks to make sure that if it was bacterial it would have killed it. I know that they are not tonsil stones because I have had those in the past and this is very different. I have also noticed that underneath my tongue I have a few small bumps that I have never noticed before. My tonsils are very large and always have been. Is this really tonsillitis or should I get tested for anything else? Or how do I get rid of these white spots/patches?
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Answered by Dr. Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh (2 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Possibly thrush.

Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,

I am wondering about the possibility of it being a yeast infection. Oral thrush/candidiasis can occur anywhere in the mouth or throat. The tonsils are not a typical place for it to occur but it is possible. Yeast live on all of our skin and you may have picked it up from your partner. Thrush makes white patches. Treatment is oral Nystatin. Directions for this are to swish it in your mouth, but in this case, it would be better to gargle it to get it to your tonsils.

Ask your doctor to consider the possibility of it being Candida (thrush).
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Suggest Treatment For White Spots On The Tonsils And Bad Taste In Mouth

Brief Answer: Possibly thrush. Detailed Answer: Hello and welcome, I am wondering about the possibility of it being a yeast infection. Oral thrush/candidiasis can occur anywhere in the mouth or throat. The tonsils are not a typical place for it to occur but it is possible. Yeast live on all of our skin and you may have picked it up from your partner. Thrush makes white patches. Treatment is oral Nystatin. Directions for this are to swish it in your mouth, but in this case, it would be better to gargle it to get it to your tonsils. Ask your doctor to consider the possibility of it being Candida (thrush).