Suggest Treatment For Severe Sore Throat

Posted on Tue, 4 Aug 2015

Question: It started about a week ago with a sore throat just on the right side of neck. Over the next few days it continued to get worse. It's only the right side. Spoke with a dr and got a prescription for penasillon. On day 2 of taking it. However the pain doesn't seem to be getting much if any better and now it seem that below where this was going on my
Throat is sweeping and it's even harder to swallow

Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Nanjasetty (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Acute tonsillitis... Acute pharyngitis...

Detailed Answer:
Hi

Thanks for posting the query. I will try my best to help you with this problem.

The history given by you indicates that you could be suffering from either tonsillitis or pharyngitis. Without an examination, it is difficult to arrive at a diagnosis.

Secondly, I do feel, plain penicillin may not be working for you, hence you would require a combination medicine.

My suggestions to you are:
1. Drink plenty of warm water. Warm water increases the blood circulation and reduces the pain fast.
2. It would be better if you could get a prescription for an antibiotic with a combination of amoxycillin and clavulanic acid.
3. Try using povidone iodine throat spray or dilute povidone iodine throat gargles instead of salt water gargles.
4. Continue with advil.
5. Avoid chilled food and beverages, smoking and coffee.
6. If the symptoms do not get better within a couple of days consult your doctor for a complete evaluation and management.

Hope this answers your query, I'll be available for the follow-up queries.

Regards
Dr. Naveen Kumar N.
ENT and Head & Neck Surgeon

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj