Tonsil and lymph node swollen on one side?

gmak

Hi jessica, Welcome to healthboards! Im sorry that you arent feeling well! The dr can do a culture & sensitivity of the white stuff on your tonsil after the strep screen negative & it will usually show which bacteria, if any, is causing the infection and which antibiotic would best kill it but after being on antibiotics the culture may not grow well because partially treated by antibiotics & he can also order a white blood cell count, a WBC elevation can possibly indicate whether a bacterial or viral infection but again it would be most accurate if done before antibiotics. The antibiotics may be working to stop the infection from spreading from one tonsil to another. If it were me after finishing the antibiotics i would ask the dr to do the culture & sensitivity & cbc for wbc count if i still had white exudate on my tonsil but if not & i could l see swelling i would want to see an ear nose & throat specialist. I hope that it clears up soon!

Jessica137

Thank you! She didn't even do that, but I thought she should have done something instead of just assuming whatever she did. She was in and out in just a few minutes, so I think I'll be going back soon. It just worried me because I was looking only and everything I read said that if it is focused on only one side like mine then it is "probably cancer". This makes me feel a bit better, and hopefully it goes away.