Suggest Treatment For Severe Sore Throat

Posted on Fri, 31 Mar 2017

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Question : I have a very sore throat. The nasal plum that goes down throat is very hard to cough up & comes up medium brown and hurts when I cough it up. Do I have an infection. My temp is 99.0F

Answered by Dr. salah saad shoman (36 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Viral infection most likely

Detailed Answer:
Dear Sir,

Yes, it seems that you have caught a viral infection..

For pain/discomfort, you can take Ibuprofen tablets 200 mg every 8 hours after food.. if fever continues more that 3 days then you may need antibiotics also.

For cough, you should take a cough suppressant as Dextromethorphan(you may need prescription from your local physician for this) as well as an expectorant as Mucinex.

Try to drink plenty of fluids, warm liquids(soups/broths etc.) to prevent phlegm from getting thick.

For sore throat, you can take soothing throat lozenges as well as warm fluids.

I hope I answered your question. Feel free to ask further.
Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee

Follow up: Dr. salah saad shoman (34 minutes later)

Thank you. It has been going on for 4 days now. So I do think I need anti biotics.

Answered by Dr. salah saad shoman (11 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Yes

Detailed Answer:
Dear sir, yes you should start an antibiotic as amoxicillin clavulanate 1 Gm every 12 hours. I hope I answered your question . if you don't have any other clarifications then please close the discussion .

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Remy Koshy