Hi Dear,
Welcome to HCM.
Understanding your concern.
Thanks for your query. The white spot on tonsils can occur due to may reasons . As you already ruled out tonsil stones and bacterial infection .
There can be two reasons for
white spots on tonsils .
- Firstly it can be caused by virus infection condition is known as
mononucleosis or mono . Sometime flu like symptoms appear little latter , its better to go for diagnistic test.
- Secondly the white spots shows the healing process of infection which is good thing .
I would suggest you to
consult ENT specialist (ear,nose,throat) for proper diagnosis .
Doctor may order antibody test and
white blood cell count test to confirm the diagnosis .
Usually no specific treatment is there for mono . Treatment is given to relieve the symptoms.Doctor may prescribe corticosteroid drugs (
prednisone )to counter swelling and antibiotics for secondary infection.
For now do warm saline rinses several times a day , drink at least 8-9 glasses of water (important) and take over the counter medicines for pain like tylenol .
Hope your concern has been resolved.
Best Wishes,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari