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Suggest Remedy For White Patches On The Tonsils

I started feeling under the weather, like I was getting a cold and my nose felt raw. A few hours later I looked at my throat and my tonsils were covered in white patches. About half the white was tonsil stones in which I took out but the rest is still there and I m not sure what it is. MY THROAT DOES NOT HURT THOUGH. For the record I have a history of reoccurring tonsilitis and strep throat. Can you help?
Tue, 5 Aug 2014
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Hello and welcome to HCM,
White patches on the tonsils can be due to accumulation of exudative material on the tonsils.
Exudative material over tonsils is due to infection.
Diphtheria is an infectious disease which is characterised by white colored membrane over the tonsils.
However, diphtheria is accompanied by malaise and prostration.
As you have mentioned that a stone is identified in the tonsillar crypts.
Tonsillar crypts are clefts on the tonsillar surface.
Food debris and oral bacteria usually lodge in these srypts.
These crypts can become a site of formation of stones.
Thus, removal of the stones and antibiotics are mainstay of treatment.

I suggest you to consult a surgeon for clinical assessment and treatment.

Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal

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Suggest Remedy For White Patches On The Tonsils

Hello and welcome to HCM, White patches on the tonsils can be due to accumulation of exudative material on the tonsils. Exudative material over tonsils is due to infection. Diphtheria is an infectious disease which is characterised by white colored membrane over the tonsils. However, diphtheria is accompanied by malaise and prostration. As you have mentioned that a stone is identified in the tonsillar crypts. Tonsillar crypts are clefts on the tonsillar surface. Food debris and oral bacteria usually lodge in these srypts. These crypts can become a site of formation of stones. Thus, removal of the stones and antibiotics are mainstay of treatment. I suggest you to consult a surgeon for clinical assessment and treatment. Thanks and take care Dr Shailja P Wahal