still having pain swallowing?!
Question: hi friends, well after 4 weeks and taking 2 antibiotics (amoxil and now for the 2nd week, penicillin VK) i am still having pain swallowing on one side..i have strep and tonsilitis. the redness seems to be lightening up a little and the colony of blisters seems like it is still there although dimishing a little.this is getting ridiculous already and all the doctor says is that its going around and to keep up my medication..does anyone have any other suggestions or input on why this is taking so long to heal.the doctor said this penicillin VK is strong, i am taking 500 mg every 6 hours.she said if this does not work she will put me on FACTIVE which is a new medication..i cannot understand why sometimes i dont have pain swallowing and other times of the day i do..really weird..i am also taking honey, pure garlic cloves, green tea and salt water..
i appreciate any input you can all give..thanks
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There are other strong medicines that you may need to take. Other antibiotics that belongs to a different classification. The best thing to do is to see ENT, have a culture throat swab culture(which is important) we never know maybe the strep and other bacteria have developed resistance already with the one you are taking now(penicillin) so it will not work anymore.
Also, have soft diet, so it wont cause must pain when you swallow. Yes, drink a lot of fluids. Salt water may just irritate your throat, better to stop it. Use betadine gargle or any oral antiseptic 3x daily.
Hope you feel better soon.
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Chill out on all the self-medicating. Salt water might be making it worse.
Ug. I almost died a couple of years back from strep and tonsilitis. I ended up in the hospitol for almost a week. I had one of the "super" bugs that anti-biotics couldn't touch. After about a month, I was Ok enough to have my tonsils removed. It was the BEST choice I ever made. I used to have sore throats almost daily (every morning) but I no longer do. See an ENT doctor (ear/nose/throat).
Well, have they cultured your blood. Sorry to ask but how about an STD? Some of them are nasty and hard to treat.
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