 [ Symptoms ] i have white spots on the back of my throat for about 2 months now my throat is not i repeat not sore whats wrong  i have had a throat infection which the doctors at the er diagnosed as pharyngitis these white spots have been on the back of my throat for almost 2 months now and i am getting sick of them my throat is not sore whatsoever i have white spots on my tonsils as well sometimes my tonsils i believe will get a little sharp pain but it goes away in seconds the back of the sides of my throat look white and inflamed as well i have been on 4 courses of antibiotics and none of them have worked [ Disease ] patients with infectious diarrhea tend to get better relatively quickly with supportive care most infections will resolve with or without specific treatment such as antibiotics patients with inflammatory bowel disease probably will require lifelong treatment to help control their symptoms the goal as with any long term illness is to allow the patient to live a normal life with minimal symptoms from the disease patients with ischemic colitis need to minimize their risk factors for progressive narrowing of the arteries these are the same risks as for heart disease including controlling high blood pressure diabetes and high cholesterol and stopping smoking patients with severe ischemia that leads to dead gangrenous colon require surgery to remove the gangrenous segment