I've had a sore throat for 2 months now. It started in early March along with achy limbs. I then developed a dry cough and had some chest pain and breathlessness. Assumed it was a virus and possibly Corona so self isolated. The cough went after a week the breathlessness took a little longer. But it was all gone by the end of March apart from the sore throat. It's mainly sore at the back of my mouth/top of the throat and the roof of my mouth. I contacted my GP 3 weeks ago and was given a 10 day course of antibiotics. These haven't helped so they've now referred me to ENT although the doctor said this could take ages as obviously they are currently very busy!.
I'm getting increasingly anxious and swing between thinking it's something simple and thinking I've got cancer. Today a couple of sores have appeared on my tongue so now I'm freaking out even more!
Anyone ever experienced or heard of a sore throat that went on for so long?
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Sore throat for 2 months
aleto · 28/04/2020 21:35
aleto · 18/04/2023 22:17
Hi, after about 4 months I was diagnosed with Silent reflux and Geographical tongue. Gaviscon Advance keeps my Silent Reflux under control and my tongue has mostly settled down with the odd flare up if I eat something too salty or spicy.
Have you contacted your gp?
aleto · 21/08/2023 19:34
Hi, I had been fairly clear until about 4 months ago, then started having lots of flare ups. I saw the gp and I'm now on Omeprazole which has helped settle everything down again.
PoloNeckKnickers · 28/04/2020 22:01
I had a sore throat for several weeks which antibiotics didn't touch. The ENT bloke said it was reflux and I was put on omeprazole and gaviscon which sorted it out.
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