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Suggest Treatment For Painful Swelling In Throat And Difficulty In Swallowing
My throat is swollen tonsils & or glands. Emergency Rm. Dr. Prescribed prednisone 8mg.for 5 days. Still swollen if not worse. 3 weeks now . What do you recommend I do or use as I m in process of exchanging medical records to new dr. Very hard to swallow & getting painful. ....?please help. Thank you, sincerely loosing my voice
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The pain could be due to acute inflammation of the pharynx and the larynx. You may require broad spectrum antibiotics along with metronidazole, povidone iodine throat gargles and a powerful anti-inflammatory medicine such as ibuprofen or diclofenac. Better to get admitted in the hospital and take injectable medicines and intravenous fluids.
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Welcome to HealthcareMagic forum
The pain could be due to acute inflammation of the pharynx and the larynx. You may require broad spectrum antibiotics along with metronidazole, povidone iodine throat gargles and a powerful anti-inflammatory medicine such as ibuprofen or diclofenac. Better to get admitted in the hospital and take injectable medicines and intravenous fluids.
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