anyone else have this sore throat virus

Shauna2866 · 2025-03-31T13:44:44+00:00

i have had a sore throat when swallowing the pain is unreal the back of my throat is clear no redness no white patches doctor has checked me over twice now and i’ve had this for 9 days ! keep coughing a lot also doctor won’t give anything because it’s viral and it won’t help anyway but i am so miserable not being able to swallow properly 🤦🏻♀️

Bestbefore2030 · 15/05/2025 16:11

I have it too. It started with a tickly throat and progressed to a sore throat with dry cough and now a runny nose.
Night time is worse. Like another poster said it's like razor blades and not getting any sleep.

rosydreams · 13/05/2025 22:04

i think i have it throats been more uncomfortable than useal .I have had reoccurring tonsilitis for nearly two decades so swallowing never comfortable but its worst than usual .As if it wasn't bad enough now this

Inextremis · 13/05/2025 19:29

@Clearinguptheclutter Mine went after 3 weeks, too - but DH has just told me the back of his throat is burning again - so it may be back with us. The first time he brought it home from a hospital appointment - he went to a different hospital last Friday - I'm hoping he's not brought something back from there this time!

notedbiscuits · 13/05/2025 18:05

Has anyone take Echinacea, Vit C and Zinc?

Clearinguptheclutter · 13/05/2025 17:55

hammyhamster72 · 13/05/2025 17:29

I had it too but missed the whisky memo I’m 💯 sure that would have worked 😂. Being serious though I had it for two weeks and never had a sore throat which was so painful - zero other symptoms other than tiredness very odd.

Yes similar. Though I think the tiredness is mostly cos I can’t sleep as it is so bad at night

hammyhamster72 · 13/05/2025 17:29

I had it too but missed the whisky memo I’m 💯 sure that would have worked 😂. Being serious though I had it for two weeks and never had a sore throat which was so painful - zero other symptoms other than tiredness very odd.

PoppyHill123 · 13/05/2025 17:24

Clearinguptheclutter · 13/05/2025 15:31

was it like swallowing knives the whole time or was there a few days of the worst of it then a bit of an improvement

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Mine was mostly one sided and it hurt to open my mouth for a while. My jaw hurt as well. I've never had this type of sore throat before.

socks1107 · 13/05/2025 16:06

Mine developed into a nasty dose of what I assume was Covid as I lost all my taste and smell and still can’t smell but I can taste most stuff albeit muted. It was nasty!

Clearinguptheclutter · 13/05/2025 15:31

PoppyHill123 · 13/05/2025 15:22

I hope everyone is doing much better. Mine stopped hurting after about 3-4 weeks.

was it like swallowing knives the whole time or was there a few days of the worst of it then a bit of an improvement

PoppyHill123 · 13/05/2025 15:22

I hope everyone is doing much better. Mine stopped hurting after about 3-4 weeks.

Clearinguptheclutter · 13/05/2025 15:07

Shauna2866 · 13/05/2025 15:02

@Clearinguptheclutter mine went but lasted 3 weeks awful nothing helped

oh gawd. I am pleased you finally recovered. I will try the corsodyl thing. I was drinking neat whisky in bed overnight I think that helped a bit too.

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Shauna2866 · 13/05/2025 15:02

@Clearinguptheclutter mine went but lasted 3 weeks awful nothing helped

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Clearinguptheclutter · 13/05/2025 14:44

@Shauna2866
@Doolallies @Inextremis @MissyB1 @socks1107

and everyone else
just wondering if you got over it, I have it now!!!
Day 2 so far and miserable

MissyB1 · 18/04/2025 18:43

noidea02 · 18/04/2025 16:43

Just curious has anyone actually done a Covid test? I’ve just had this but it was Covid. There’s a lot around at the moment.

I wondered if the covid test would pick up the latest strain? I have suggested to Dh that as he's a Dr he probably should test! He's going into work every day feeling like shit and coughing away (he has been wearing a mask).

ObliviousCoalmine · 18/04/2025 17:25

ohyesido · 18/04/2025 15:53

Do you also have a terrible cough that makes you pee?

Not yet…but I’ve only been cough free for about three weeks since New Year because of that bloody 100 day cough nonsense. I do not want another bloody cough.

notedbiscuits · 18/04/2025 16:49

Jellycatspyjamas · 31/03/2025 16:52

It’s not been a week yet for me but I can’t remember the last time I was so floored by a virus - even Covid wasn’t this bad.

But Covid has changed how we react to colds and other viruses. Colds since having covid twice in March 20 and July 22 are longer and more in the sinuses.

noidea02 · 18/04/2025 16:43

Just curious has anyone actually done a Covid test? I’ve just had this but it was Covid. There’s a lot around at the moment.

YachtMistress · 18/04/2025 16:42

To ease throat pain, try Calpol and let line/coat your throat, v soothing.

socks1107 · 18/04/2025 16:36

Mine went away and I had a week or so with no sore throat. Last two days it’s back and worse. Hope we all shift it soon

NineLivesKat · 18/04/2025 16:32

Mine lasted a couple of months but is finally getting better now. Dr didn’t give me anything for it but did send me for a chest x-ray (ex smoker)

Hope you all improve soon!

MissyB1 · 18/04/2025 16:26

Dh has had it for nearly 3 weeks now, his cough is awful. Every time he thinks the sore throat is settling down, it comes back with a vengeance!

PoppyHill123 · 18/04/2025 16:24

ObliviousCoalmine · 18/04/2025 15:51

I woke up with a weird pain in the right side of my throat a few days ago and it’s kind of radiating out up the side of my face, into my right ear and in my jaw. It seems to hurt more if I bend over. I woke up with a sore throat this morning, a headache and I’m really tired and fuzzy headed. I’m assuming now that it’s this 😕

This sounds very familiar. I never knew a jaw could hurt from sore throat!

I hope we all get better soon .

Inextremis · 18/04/2025 16:02

DH and I have it too - in Ireland. We're in week 3 and, although it's improved, we both still have the cough and the sore throat - especially at night and in the mornings. I've found Strepsils strawberry flavoured lozenges help a bit, plus paracetamol and ibuprofen alternated. I don't have tonsils (DH does, and I only found that out this week, as in 30+ years together I'd never thought to ask him before!), but my throat hasn't had any white patches that I could see.

Right now my throat's more sensitive than sore - feels a bit as though there are flaps down there that aren't opening properly - hard to descibe. Glad, in a way, to hear that others have had this for up to 4 weeks, as I'd also read about the 'worry after 10 days' thing - and was duly worrying.

Hope we all improve soon!

ohyesido · 18/04/2025 15:53

Do you also have a terrible cough that makes you pee?

ObliviousCoalmine · 18/04/2025 15:51

I woke up with a weird pain in the right side of my throat a few days ago and it’s kind of radiating out up the side of my face, into my right ear and in my jaw. It seems to hurt more if I bend over. I woke up with a sore throat this morning, a headache and I’m really tired and fuzzy headed. I’m assuming now that it’s this 😕