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What Causes Sore Throat After Oral Sex?

I was with a new partner last Sat. I gave him oral sex and he was pretty rough on me. After a few days I started experiencing symptoms of a sore throat, particularly the right tonsil, and spiked a 103 degree fever. I went to the ER and they did a rapid strep test which came back negative. I was started on po amox tid and after a few days still no relief. The R tonsil feels like it s getting larger and more painful As time goes on. Not sure what to do at this point.
Mon, 1 Jun 2015
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Hi,
Welcome to HCM.
Thanks for posting your query.
Sore throat is often caused by infections either with bacteria or virus. Following a oral sex this could be due to either a STD or non-STD organism. Non STD sore throat also is so common to get with oral sex as human genitals can have a lot of bacterial flora.
A culture and sensitive test along with a throat swab smear test for STD and non STD organism would reveal the cause and treatment with appropriate antibiotics. Viral infections will get set settled spontaneously after a week. Get well soon.
Dr S.Murugan
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What Causes Sore Throat After Oral Sex?

Hi, Welcome to HCM. Thanks for posting your query. Sore throat is often caused by infections either with bacteria or virus. Following a oral sex this could be due to either a STD or non-STD organism. Non STD sore throat also is so common to get with oral sex as human genitals can have a lot of bacterial flora. A culture and sensitive test along with a throat swab smear test for STD and non STD organism would reveal the cause and treatment with appropriate antibiotics. Viral infections will get set settled spontaneously after a week. Get well soon. Dr S.Murugan