oral thrush?

[roxigirl]

hi

i've noticed i have like white spots at the back of my throat and my tongue at the back has a white coat on it and also i have white patches in my mouth at the back also on my tonsils, is this oral thrush?

roxi

[sherryroberson]

could be.  My friend a while back had white on her throat and tonsils but it wasn't thrush it was strap throat? so call you dr and ask.

[roxigirl]

yeh, i have a appointment with my nurse on thursday morning.... to be honest it doesn't look like oral thrush, going by these pics from google, how do u get strep throat? do uknow?

roxi

[sherryroberson]

? I guess it is like a sore throat just ten time worse.

[roxigirl]

well idon't have a sore throat....sometimes it feels like its burning, how you u get strep?

[roxigirl]

i've just searched google images for oral thrush, but it doesn't look likeany of the pics from there...

roxi

any advice would be appriciated

[girlybuff]

Strep is a bacteria.  You can get it by being around an infected person.  They do a throat culture to test for it and you will need anti biotic if it's strep.
It's usually accompanied with a fever and the unability to swallow without pain.