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Suggest Treatment For Swollen Throat

Teen age 17 throat is very read and swollen....this morning I noticed a black spot on her tonsiel she said she felt like something was there and she scraped it so she thinks it is dried blood. she has had swollen tonsiles and sore throat 2 weeks ago but it got a little better now it just looks really bad .
Fri, 20 Jun 2014
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U need to get done a throat swab of the throat as the infection must have been resistant to the antibiotics that u took.. Then start the newer antibiotics according to the culture sensitivity report of the throat swab.. But still nothing to panic about!
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Suggest Treatment For Swollen Throat

U need to get done a throat swab of the throat as the infection must have been resistant to the antibiotics that u took.. Then start the newer antibiotics according to the culture sensitivity report of the throat swab.. But still nothing to panic about!