Does white spots on the throat always mean strep?

AWD · March 2009

if so DS has strep ughh. I swear this child is always sick in the last 3 weeks he has had pink eye, double infection, cold for the last week and now tonight he has white spots and is not wanting to eat only drink. I am assuming strep??? oh and he doesn't go to daycare he stays with my MIL so you would think he wouldn't get sick so often!

stillhoping · March 2009

that or hand foot and mouth.

jen5-03 · March 2009

No, it does not. I have gotten them many times and I've never had strep throat. I have my dr do a culture - she always says "hmmm, looks like strep", but then the culture comes back and says it's not.

https://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/aha/aha_viral_crs.htm

hopefulmom · March 2009

Nope...but probably more times than not it is strep. I'd get it checked out.

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