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Painful Throat While Swallowing With Small Pimples Inside, Plugged Ears With Pressure, Bad Cough. How To Deal With This?

Hi, My right side throat hurts when i swallow. It feels like i had swallowed a ball and it hurts every time I swallow my own saliva. This morning it started off like i swallowed a peanut and now it feels like something bigger is stuck on the right inner side of my throat. When I felt the inside of it, I feel small pimples as far as I can reach. The swelling is not visible outside. My right ear also feels plugged, like there is pressure and I need to pop it! I have had a bad cough for about a week now. I don’t know if that is the cause of it. I have been drinking warm water all day and forcing myself swallow painfully. Please help, I need to know how to deal with it.
posted on Fri, 29 Nov 2013
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Hi,
Your symptoms suggest inflammation of tonsils,may be following cold(which has given rise to blocked eustechian tube) & cough.
- Tonsillitis can be
- viral which sets right within 5-7 days with symptomatic management.
by hot saline gargles,anti inflammatory drugs,cough syrup.
Avoid cold,spicy,sour food items.
- A prolonged/seveir illness needs to be investigated for possibility of staphylococcal infection by Blood counts,throat swab culture.
Tubercle like swellings & feeling of some thing being stuck needs exclusion of septic tonsillitis with scab formation.
I would advice you to consult an ENT doctor for specific treatment.
Thanks
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Painful Throat While Swallowing With Small Pimples Inside, Plugged Ears With Pressure, Bad Cough. How To Deal With This?

Hi, Your symptoms suggest inflammation of tonsils,may be following cold(which has given rise to blocked eustechian tube) & cough. - Tonsillitis can be - viral which sets right within 5-7 days with symptomatic management. by hot saline gargles,anti inflammatory drugs,cough syrup. Avoid cold,spicy,sour food items. - A prolonged/seveir illness needs to be investigated for possibility of staphylococcal infection by Blood counts,throat swab culture. Tubercle like swellings & feeling of some thing being stuck needs exclusion of septic tonsillitis with scab formation. I would advice you to consult an ENT doctor for specific treatment. Thanks