I've had an abscess on my tonsil for several days - I've treated it with salt water gargling, ibuprofen, and soothing warm liquids. The extreme pain has lessened but the abscess itself appears to have grown - in the beginning it was compact and bright white all over, but now covers a larger area but is patchy white with some of the normal color of my throat showing through within its border. A doctor has seen it and prescribed an antibiotic, but is it getting worse if appearing to grow?