 [ Symptoms ] does the flu cause enlarged tonsils  my sons tonsils are very enlarged and have white spots on them he has not eaten much because it hurts to swallow is this normal for the flu [ Disease ] white spots may not be related to a disease but influenza is a respiratory virus and tonsils can react enlarge or become exudative with white material keep in mind that many things can enlarge tonsils not just influenza assuming this was a self diagnosis and not lab confirmed