Throat+ear pain, esp. when swallowing,runny nose,nasal decongestion,hearing chan!
Question:
Throat+ear pain, esp. when swallowing,runny nose,nasal decongestion,hearing change as flu. Laryngitis strep?
Description above was how I felt for the last 2 days. Symptoms subside today (3rd day).
I couldnt figure out what happened to me.
Initially throat and ear pain and esp. painful whenever I swallowed. Hearing change occured as when having flu (kind of decrease ot like sth tingling) for 2 days.
3rd day pain decreases greatly and often unnoticeable, or maybe disappears. Runy nose occurs ( it's very hot here, wouldnt think it id a flu - no other sign/symptom of flu) but exudate or pus forms on the palatopharyngeal arch ( pic at http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/sigbio/proj...... ).
Pain days earlier, white (not yellow as I see carefully) exudate/pus, redness: seem to be infection.
But would this be strep infection? I am worry this would be anyother thing that can be threatening.
If any one can provide any info. about this type or maybe common sign/symtomps of a common disease, any what should be done to help treat this (I know some will say "doctor")...thanks!
Answers:
One hallmark of strep throat is that you do not have the typical "cold" symptoms - usually you do not have a runny nose or nasal decongestion. Also, with strep the pus is usually primarily on the tonsils themselves, not the palatopharyngeal arch. So it doesn't really sound like strep to me, but a Dr could tell you for sure.
It is possible that you have a nasty cold or flu virus. If your symptoms are improving, you can try to just wait it out. If you are worried about it, though, you may as well just get checked out by the Dr for piece of mind. Hope you feel better!