file.newsgroup.med.58839 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Paul Johnson)
Subject: Re: sore throat
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Fiberman) writes:
>I have had a sore throat for almost a week. When I look into
>the mirror with the aid of a flash light, I see white plaques in
>the very back of my throat (on the sides). I went to a health
>center to have a throat culture taken. They said that I do not
>have strep throat. Could a viral infection cause white plaques
>on the sides of my throat?
First, I am not a doctor. I know about this because I have been
through it.
It sounds like tonsilitis (lit. swollen tonsils). Feel under your jaw
hinge for a swelling on each side. If you find them, its tonsilitis.
I've had this a couple of times in the past. The doctor prescribed a
weeks course of penicillin and that cleared it up.
In my case it was associated with glandular fever, which is a viral
infection which (from my point of view) resembled flu and tonsilitis
that kept coming back for a year or so. There is a blood test for
this.
In conclusion, see a doctor (if you have not done so already).
Paul.
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