What does tonsillitis feel like in an adult?

[Sarahjsxx]

Hello,
I've had throat pain coming for to 3 weeks now,
Started with my throat feeling swollen inside and I was actually sick feels like a 'gagging' feeling almost. Since then i had fever on and off and body aches and headaches, I had a cough with mucous but it went away. Continuously though I've had the swollen/painful throat and sore neck, dizziness
Called GP last week, saw a nurse who gave me antibiotics which I've completed and now symptoms continue 😣 she said it was tonsillitis as my tonsils were very red but I didn't have any yellowness on them
What does tonsillitis actually feel like for anyone who experienced it? Do I go back to the GP tomororw?

I had 4 months of chronic tonsillitis (to the point that it became resistant to antibiotics) which resulted in them having to be removed last year..

My symptoms were:

• Severe sore throat to the point that it would wake me up at night. Swallowing was incredibly painful at times and without painkillers I could barely eat or drink.
• White, pussy spots on my tonsils alongside redness and swelling
• High temperature and generally feeling unwell (tired, lack of appetite, nauseous and achy)

Generally having a cough would stop a diagnosis of tonsillitis. So my GP has told me 🤷‍♀️

Interesting, I’ve had throat and neck pains for a few weeks. But then this turned to ear pain (which I was given anti b for incase) then a week later it’s my neck again (at the front where if I was a man would be adams apple) and jaw! Wtf is going round!
For me tonsillitis is high fever that doesn’t come down with painkillers. And a gunky throat (sometimes sore)

Go back if you're not convinced. Could be tonsillitis, a quinsy, or some sort of other virus that's making your glands swell

Tonsillitis for me feels like having had bleach poured down your throat, so swallowing feels like you're swallowing a dagger. It's intensely painful, accompanied by fever, aching and being unable to function normally.

Mine starts with shivering and a high temp and then a sore throat
Eventually goes to pus all over my throat
I get it about 3 times a year

Both times I had Covid it morphed into Tonsilitis
High temp and shivvering
Swallowing feeling like razor blades
Nasty taste in my mouth when I wake up every morning

Thank you for the replies! Hmm I'm not convinced it's tonsillitis then, my glands in my neck feel so swollen and she didn't really feel them, I do fell abit dizzy/off but the worst part is the throat pain/neck pain
It feels like there's a tennis ball stuck in my throat almost and avid uncomfortable when swallowing 🤨 she did say my tonsils are very tiny which I have no idea what that means 🤕

Have you been tested for glandular fever? It really is awful!I had it aged 17 and was soo ill!

Like swallowing shards of glass

Tonsillitis for me feels like having had bleach poured down your throat

...how do you know this 🧐

I had it, it was a really deep pain in my left tonsil that came and went for months. It all blew up as a temperature and feeling dreadful with a really sore throat. I couldn't swallow anything other than water without gagging. I don't remember any yellow but it hurt to open my mouth. I was prescribed penicillin for 10 days and I was in bed for the first 3 days. I really felt absolutely terrible. It took a while before I felt 100% better.