I have a whitish yellow lump in the back of my throat. I went to the doctor, and they did a throat culture and it came back negative for strep, but they had me on antibiotics, but there hasn t been any change in the lumps in the last seven days, what could this be?
HelloWelcome to Chat Doctor. I went through the history you have provided here. It seems from the history that you are having lumps in the throat. This is usually because of infection or inflammation in the form of pharyngitis or sore throat. This requires treatment by the use of antibiotics and anti-inflammatory Chat Doctor. Since it has come negative for streptococci, no need to worry. But since it is not responding to the antibiotics, the antibiotics need to be changed according to the culture and sensitivity report. Along with the antibiotics decongestants and anti-inflammatory