Suggest Treatment For Irritation In Throat, Chills And Body Aches

Posted on Thu, 21 Jan 2016

Question: Do I have the flu? About 24 hours ago I began to experience body aches. This worsened quickly. I began to feel very tired, went to bed earlier than usual and slept through the afternoon. I woke up and the situation had worsened a little. I developed mild chills. I have had no fever, no respiratory symptoms. Only a mild , scratchy throat . Yet I feel pretty ill. This past fall, I had a quadrivalent flu shot and have been generally well since then.

Answered by Dr. Ashwini Kolur (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
drink warm water and lozenges

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Welcome
I have gone through your query.
As you have only sore throat, presently I would suggest you
1. to drink plenty of warm water as it will have soothing effect on throat.
2. Gargle three to four times with saltwater
3. Suck lozenges like strepsils or cofsil.
4 In the morning one table spoon of honey and a glass of warm water will be beneficial.
You should be fine with this measures.

This provisional advice provided by me is based entirely on the input provided to me. I would suggest examination by the doctor.

I hope this suggestion might be of some help to you.
Take care.

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