Hello my name is Lara Lewis and am 19. This morning I woke up with a sore throat and its gotten worse as the day went by. It isn t a kind of sore throat that I am used to though. It stings from what seems like the back of my tongue all the way down my neck and I have to swallow every few seconds (I don t know why, it makes it feel a littler better though for that one second). I can t sleep because once I start to I stop swallowing for some reason my breathing slows/stops and i jerk awake in panic. I know it has only been a day but I am in Amsterdam with my friend and no family etc, so in case its something serious I want to seek help before its too late. I also feel fevery and occasionally a couple of times today my hand starting feeling the pins and needles thing randomly. I don t know if it s related though.. Thanks