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Could A White Stuff In The Throat Be A Sign Of Strep Infection?

I think I might have strep but I just got my right lower wisdom tooth out. I do have white on the back of my throat and I had an earache and headache a few days ago. I got my tooth pulled out jan21 and I got the white stuff on my throat this morning. Will thus cause my socket to become infected?
Thu, 28 Apr 2016
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Hi..
Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC..

I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns..

As per your complain it seems that white spots in throat seems to be most probably due to bacterial throat infection and the white spots seems to be pus pockets..
It does not seems to be due to wisdom tooth extraction and can be due to regular throat infection caused by bacteria..
If the infection is severe it can however cause inflammation in the wisdom tooth area but causing severe infection in wisdom tooth area will not commonly occur..

I would suggest you to consult an Otolaryngologist and get evaluated and a thorough clinical evaluation and investigations like Thorat swab culture can help in diagnosis..

You can be advised a course of antibiotics like Augmentin, anti inflammatory painkillers like Ibuprofen, doing warm saline gargles, steam inhalation and using a humidifier in your room can help..
You can also suck throat lozenges, chew Vitamin C pellet and avoid spicy and chilled foods..

Hope this information helps..

Thanks and regards.
Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.
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Could A White Stuff In The Throat Be A Sign Of Strep Infection?

Hi.. Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC.. I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns.. As per your complain it seems that white spots in throat seems to be most probably due to bacterial throat infection and the white spots seems to be pus pockets.. It does not seems to be due to wisdom tooth extraction and can be due to regular throat infection caused by bacteria.. If the infection is severe it can however cause inflammation in the wisdom tooth area but causing severe infection in wisdom tooth area will not commonly occur.. I would suggest you to consult an Otolaryngologist and get evaluated and a thorough clinical evaluation and investigations like Thorat swab culture can help in diagnosis.. You can be advised a course of antibiotics like Augmentin, anti inflammatory painkillers like Ibuprofen, doing warm saline gargles, steam inhalation and using a humidifier in your room can help.. You can also suck throat lozenges, chew Vitamin C pellet and avoid spicy and chilled foods.. Hope this information helps.. Thanks and regards. Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.