How can i tell if i have strep throat or tonsil stones??
Monday, November 30th, 2009 at
10:13 pm
My tonsils are quiet swollen and i have white spots/lumps on them. i had a sore throat but it is kinda gone but i find it hard to swallow and breath. I have had a bit of a headache and temperature if that means anything. I went to pick at the spots but they are kinda stuck and i made it bleed a bit. Please let me know what you think.
Still havent been to the docs but my throat doesnt hurt at all now and tonsils are not as swollen but still have spots on them. should i still go to docs or is it gettin better now????
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Tonsil stones won’t do any of that other stuff. Like, you’d just feel uncomfortable lumps, but your tonsils would otherwise be normal and so would the rest of you….
Sounds like an infection! Quite possibly strep. Go get checked out; you might really want those antibiotics.
Hope you feel better!
Edit: Dude, you so CAN have tonsil stones! (not you, the other respondees) They’re called tonsiloliths… they’re just your tonsils pushing out bacteria and dead material from their pores. Which is why they happen when you get strep – lots of nasty bacteria action going on there.
Anyway, good luck!
go see a doctor
YOU MUST GO TO A DOCTOR … you can’t have ‘tonsil stones’ but you could have both strep throat and tonisilitis, and since strep is CONTAGIOUS as well as something that can make you SERIOUSLY ILL you should see your doctor no later than tomorrow.
Just go gargle with salt water, for Heaven’s sake. It doesn’t matter what name you give it – it’s GERMS. Gargle, gargle, gargle! There is no such thing as "tonsil stones". Those are your lamictals.
Strep throat symptoms.
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/Strep-Throat-Symptoms
Tonsil stone symptoms. Scroll about halfway down.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsillolith
The white spots mean strep throat. Go to the doctor and get some antibiotics fast.