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Anyone awake? Worrying about tonsillitis!

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holymolysinuses · 22/07/2023 05:44

Made a post yesterday as I felt rough as hell and had white spots all over the back of my throat. Woken up this morning and don't have the fever anymore but my throat feels so swollen/weird that I can't talk properly and still struggling to swallow even fluids. Spoken to 111 and they said to go to a pharmacy and get some throat spray but I've never had this issue before of it being so swollen I can't talk, do I need to see someone or am I just being dramatic?

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Tilllly · 23/07/2023 07:49

Oh no!

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holymolysinuses · 23/07/2023 07:48

@Tilllly I've just started another thread actually, back in hospital as I've had a severe reaction to the antibiotics

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Tilllly · 23/07/2023 07:47

How are you today @holymolysinuses ?

CrackersCheeseAndWinePlease · 22/07/2023 20:43

So glad you got seen. Hope you start to feel better soon

DelilahBucket · 22/07/2023 19:10

If you are struggling to swallow, take soluble cocodamol and I used to find milkshake (the supermarket stuff in milk cartons) was easier as it coated my throat. That was when I couldn't swallow my own saliva.
I feel for you and hope you get better soon. I had it several times a year for nine years plus a few episodes of Quincy and they pulled my tonsils out. Best medical thing that's ever been done to me!

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holymolysinuses · 22/07/2023 17:37

@Madamecastafiore haha love the description! I'll give that a try thank you

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Madamecastafiore · 22/07/2023 17:36

Get some hydrogen peroxide from chemist and gargle every hour, it'll oxidise the bacteria (tastes like licking a mangy foxes arse when it does as it fizzes) but you'll be right as rain in a few days.

Munchyseeds2 · 22/07/2023 17:28

Quinsey is horrible, hope you feel better soon

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holymolysinuses · 22/07/2023 17:28

@Clarachuff @LovedFedAndNoonesDead thanks both. I've been sent home now with oral antibiotics, anti sickness and pain relief. Got to take 12 tablets a day for the next 10 days. I'll be rattling! But the dr said I should start to feel better within 24 to 48 hours of starting them

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Clarachuff · 22/07/2023 17:00

Fab....I was wondering about you all day!

LovedFedAndNoonesDead · 22/07/2023 12:38

holymolysinuses · 22/07/2023 09:28

Just another update, I was fitted with a cannula within half an hour of arriving, started on the antibiotics, fluid and morphine. Iv been moved out of a&E and in to a little side room with lots of those reclinable chairs. Getting lots of tuts and eye rolls at how quickly I got seen from others in here but I honestly can't fault any of the staff for how helpful and efficient they've been!

So glad you’ve been seen and treatment started, was obviously the right thing to do rather than waiting for 111 to call back.

Ignore the tuts - they have no idea why you’re there and, if their need was as urgent as yours obviously is, they would have been seen already!!

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holymolysinuses · 22/07/2023 09:28

Just another update, I was fitted with a cannula within half an hour of arriving, started on the antibiotics, fluid and morphine. Iv been moved out of a&E and in to a little side room with lots of those reclinable chairs. Getting lots of tuts and eye rolls at how quickly I got seen from others in here but I honestly can't fault any of the staff for how helpful and efficient they've been!

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holymolysinuses · 22/07/2023 08:15

Just been triaged, they said they are going to get me seen urgently to get a cannula fitted so they can start antibiotics and fluids

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SouthernBel · 22/07/2023 07:36

Oh you poor love, I was a chronic tonsillitis sufferer until I got the bastarding things removed in my 20's. The pain is something else! Hopefully a & e will sort you out with antibiotics ASAP! If you can get your hands on them from the pharmacy then the ibuprofen x codeine painkillers really do help and might let you get a bit of rest. Also, although it was ears I found lying my head on a hot water bottle and putting another one on the other side of my head again helped control the pain and let me sleep. Embrace a liquid diet (ice cold milkshakes help) and hopefully the medicine will do its trick. Rest up, tonsillitis is MISERABLE! X

LovedFedAndNoonesDead · 22/07/2023 07:36

holymolysinuses · 22/07/2023 07:30

Thanks for all the advice, on way to A&E now . Will update when I can

Good luck; hopefully this early on a Saturday morning it won’t be too manic x

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holymolysinuses · 22/07/2023 07:30

Thanks for all the advice, on way to A&E now . Will update when I can

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Garman · 22/07/2023 07:27

Multiple people have said go get checked for quinsy based on your symptoms and pain level, don’t wait for a call back or a pharmacy or home remedies.

LovedFedAndNoonesDead · 22/07/2023 07:20

When I worked in paeds A&E, one of our triggers to recommend going in to be seen was being unable to swallow your own saliva due to the pain.

If you have any soluble or liquid paracetamol or liquid nurofen I’d take a dose (adult dose of calpol 6+ is 20ml as is liquid nurofen) as that will help with the pain; the other thing you can try, if you have any, is benzydamine spray which will be what the original 111 operator recommended

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holymolysinuses · 22/07/2023 07:10

@ChocHotolate it does look swollen and slightly to one side but not all the way. They kept asking on the phone if I couldn't talk because my voice was croaky but it's not that, it almost sounds like I'm talking underwater, it feels as though my tongue is swollen and I can't move it properly but I'm guessing it's my throat not my tongue as my tongue looks pretty normal

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Clarachuff · 22/07/2023 07:10

They said I had done exactthe right thing...I couldn't swallow either...so painful

Clarachuff · 22/07/2023 07:09

I had this a few years back....it was quinsy ..they had to drain it at a&e

Please go and get checked out

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holymolysinuses · 22/07/2023 07:08

@FeedMeTiramisu sorry to hear you've had it too! They have said a nurse will phone me back but within 12 hours. Not sure if I should just go up to a&e as I'm now spitting in to a cup to avoid swallowing at all. Or if I'll just be wasting their time

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ChocHotolate · 22/07/2023 07:04

If your uvula is swollen you do need to be seen as acute uveitis usually requires hospital admission.
Quinsy is an abscess close to your tonsils and is characterised by a swelling on one side of your throat and your uvula being pushed to one side (pointing away from the swelling). This also requires specialist management.
Do either of these sound familiar?

FeedMeTiramisu · 22/07/2023 07:01

I'm just getting this..

Felt unwell. Had a fever. Throat was literally covered with white and felt like i was trying to swallow glass!

Doctor prescribed me penicillin and rest. Cleared up very quickly once I started pencillin.

parrotonthesofa · 22/07/2023 06:55

It does sound a bit like quinsy.

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