Painful sore throat--help would be appreciated?!?!?!


Question: Painful sore throat--help would be appreciated!?!!?!!?
Last tuesday morning i woke up with a 101 degree fever and a painful ear ache along with a runny nose--and a sore throat!. I got my fever down today, my nose seems to be ''unclogging'' and my ear doesnt hurt as much!. Ive been to a walk in clinic and a doctors office and they gave me perscriptions and checked my for strep!. They also want me to gargle with warm salt water!.!.!.which i did, but doesnt work!. I have cough drops and everything!.!.!.but they work for a very short time and then my throat hurts again!. It really hurts when I swallow and talk--and i have volleyball tryouts coming up this Monday!. PLEASE--anything at all would be very helpful!. Thanks!. (:Www@Answer-Health@Com


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I have a cold right now!. It started with a bad sore throat where I couldn't talk well and couldn't swallow without pain!. I'm a radio broadcaster so I was trying everything to cure it so I can talk and do my job!. So I understand!.!.!.!.

Nothing worked wonders, I bought some Cepacol sore throat drops - the maximum strength!. After sucking on 3 of them it slightly helped my throat but mostly it just numbed my tongue and cheeks a little!.

I have been drinking hot tea like crazy!. Thyme tea is supposed to help reduce cold symptoms!. If you buy fresh dry thyme from a grocery store, boil water, and steep it for 5 minutes and then strain it (strain out the thyme) and drink the tea that could help you!. OR at least buy some kind of hot tea!. I never liked tea, it isn't that tasty but the warmth helps cut through chest congestion and many herbal teas having healing benefits!.
Another good one is Tazo Tea you can buy a box of it at Starbucks!. The box says Tazo - and its the Refresh version - its green!. Its peppermint, spearmint and terragon and I found that the menthol/mintyness of it helped to cut through my stuffynose and it did feel refreshing and helped chest congestion!.

These things helped my sore throat just a bit!.!.!.but the reason your throat hurts is because when you inhale a virus, your body gives out antibodies to fight it, which causes a sore throat!.!.!.so its your body trying to fight this virus!.

Tylenol makes a liquid sore throat medicine!.!.!.!. I also find Sudafed to be a pretty good medicine!.

I've heard Zicam medicine works really well!. My friend swears by it whenever he is sick!.

I would try some hot tea a couple times a day if you can, continue to try gargelling with warm salt water!.!.!.

Also, one thing I was told to do which I'm going to try is taking a shot of honey with lemon juice squeezed in it and mixed together - also mixing that in tea should be helpful to your throat!.
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you may need another throat culture, sounds like you have strep to me!. Try the Chloraseptic spray for your throat!. Do you have allergies!? I live in Illinolis and we are experiencing signs of an early fall!. Lots of mold in the air right now, along with high humidity and high temps by afternoon!. You could also try taking good old fashioned Vitamin C, take 1500 units a day for three days and see if it helps!. Just ask Dr!. Mom!. Www@Answer-Health@Com

antiboitic would help!. take at least amoxicillin 500mg twice a day for 10 days!. If it gets well, u still need to finist the med for 10 days or else the bacteris will be stronger next time!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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