Help! Really bad sore throat!?!


Question: Help! Really bad sore throat!?
i have had a terrible sore throat for the past few days. My whole throat is red & it hurts to swallow anything. I haven't eaten in 2 days because i can't swallow. i take Delsym & it doesnt really work too well.

whenever i try to sing, burp or cough, my throat burns.

does anybody know any medicine or remedy's that could help me?

thanks!

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I had a homemade lemon and honey drink, just hot water, honey and lemon juice, it helped a bit. Easier to drink with a straw If it's too hot.



Go see a doctor.

If doctor isn't an option, I recommend a NyQuil-induced coma :)

Other home remedies I use:
1. Cayenne - put a ton of cayenne in water and gargle it. You should do it until you're overwhelmed by the pepper. This causes your body to release all the swelling and mucus in your skull in an attempt to flush out the pepper. Swelling is a major factor in a sore throat, and if you can't eat I assume you're pretty swollen.

2. Real lemon - real lemon, for some reason prevents cold symptoms from getting worse.

3. Pickle juice - or just pickles. Given you can't eat, the juice. I don't know what it is but when I eat a pickle it makes my whole body feel energized.

hope you feel better.



if you're temperature is high, you might have a flu. Take a paracetamol or something. If you're throat is hurting, try gargling with warm water with salt, just don't swallow it. After 30 mins, gargle with Bactidol, and after 30 mins, gargle with listerine. Then repeat after 2 hours. Don't drink cold water, don't eat sweets. It worked for me, should work for you .



Gurgling warm water mixed with salt will help relieve it some because the salt helps kill bacteria. Also, green tea might help- and some lemon juice mixed with honey can also be very soothing for your throat. These are just home remedies though.
As for medicine, did you go get yourself checked out with your physician to see if you may have strep throat or anything? If not, you might want to go do that. Other than that, just head to your local pharmacy and see what they have there.

-Best of Luck



gargle with salt and make water warm in cup..... and use halls strawberry cough drops..
and well use well some water always for dry mouth, and feel better
lemon and water is good, add some lemon rind to the water and it will help you..



Try gargling salt water. Add some salt to water and then gargle then spit out. It usually helps me when i have a sore throat.



Talk to a doctor. You might have strep in which case your doctor will prescribe antibiotics




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