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What Causes Sore Throat And Feeling Fluid Dripping Into Throat?
Question: I have a sore throat, like scratchy and if feels better when i eat cold things as opposed to hot. It hurts when i swallow and it's very red. I also have a stuffed up nose and a pounding headache and a little bit of a cough. I also have sinus pressure. I don't think it's just a cold because of how badly my throat is hurting, I also have an intermittent fever.
Also, fluid is dripping into my throat.
Also, fluid is dripping into my throat.
Brief Answer:
Upper respiratory infection
Detailed Answer:
Hi, thanks for using HCM.
I went through your query and understood your concerns,
Your symptoms are suggestive of upper respiratory tract infection. Some dripping you feeling in throat is post nasal discharge , which is from nasal secretion. It usually increases irritation of throat and there by symptoms too.
Any infection of throat results in redness due to body's response to infection. Inflammation causes pain while swallowing. As your pain reduces on taking cold food is due to derivation in temperature make pain sensitive nerves in throat numb, but cold food worsens Disease.
If a patient comes to me with these symptoms first I would like get complete history and examination to check for and tonsillar enlargement or adenoids in nose.
I usually give them with following advice.
Antibiotic treatment
anti inflammatory medications.
Warm salt water gargling 3 to 4 times a day
Steam inhalation 3 to 4 times a day.
Avoid cold food items.
These measures should reduce your symptoms with in 2 or 3 days. If not need to get throat swab for culture and sensitivity.
Hope I answered your query. Feel free to ask further related query.
Wish you a speedy recovery.
Regards
Upper respiratory infection
Detailed Answer:
Hi, thanks for using HCM.
I went through your query and understood your concerns,
Your symptoms are suggestive of upper respiratory tract infection. Some dripping you feeling in throat is post nasal discharge , which is from nasal secretion. It usually increases irritation of throat and there by symptoms too.
Any infection of throat results in redness due to body's response to infection. Inflammation causes pain while swallowing. As your pain reduces on taking cold food is due to derivation in temperature make pain sensitive nerves in throat numb, but cold food worsens Disease.
If a patient comes to me with these symptoms first I would like get complete history and examination to check for and tonsillar enlargement or adenoids in nose.
I usually give them with following advice.
Antibiotic treatment
anti inflammatory medications.
Warm salt water gargling 3 to 4 times a day
Steam inhalation 3 to 4 times a day.
Avoid cold food items.
These measures should reduce your symptoms with in 2 or 3 days. If not need to get throat swab for culture and sensitivity.
Hope I answered your query. Feel free to ask further related query.
Wish you a speedy recovery.
Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
thanks for ur response.
update: i still feel awful. i'm getting intermittent headaches, sweating intermittently, my throat is still very sore, i'm still achy and tired.
i've been taking amoxicillin (3/day) and gargling periodically.
any suggestions? should i just wait it out?
thank you
update: i still feel awful. i'm getting intermittent headaches, sweating intermittently, my throat is still very sore, i'm still achy and tired.
i've been taking amoxicillin (3/day) and gargling periodically.
any suggestions? should i just wait it out?
thank you
Brief Answer:
Throat swab test and blood test
Detailed Answer:
Hi, thanks for follow up query.
Most of throat infection do respond well to amoxicillin antibiotic and symptoms do reduce in a 2 or 3 days of using antibiotic.
If your symptoms not improving then need to get throat swab study to get culture and sensitivity to choose appropriate antibiotic.
Sweating do seen due to medications taken for fever. If you are getting headache and sweating simultaneously better to get blood test done to rule out malaria.
Hope I answered your query. Feel free to ask further related query.
Regards
Throat swab test and blood test
Detailed Answer:
Hi, thanks for follow up query.
Most of throat infection do respond well to amoxicillin antibiotic and symptoms do reduce in a 2 or 3 days of using antibiotic.
If your symptoms not improving then need to get throat swab study to get culture and sensitivity to choose appropriate antibiotic.
Sweating do seen due to medications taken for fever. If you are getting headache and sweating simultaneously better to get blood test done to rule out malaria.
Hope I answered your query. Feel free to ask further related query.
Regards
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Yogesh D
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