Hi,

Please help. I've had a sore throat for over 4 weeks now. It started after a night out celebrating and I did smoke cigarettes that night. ( I don't usually smoke unless an occasion which is probably once a month) the sore throat started off as a sort of sharp pain on  the left side and felt like it was radiating around the tonsil area or just behind at the back of the throat behind it. The pain sometimes moves around the back of the throat and becomes a sore raw pain. I've done the usual of taking lozenges, throat sprays, mouth washes, gargling salt water, honey and warm water and not shouting as much. This has made little difference. It doesn't hurt when I swallow. Just when I do a certain motion with my throat like a cough so when I go to move my throat muscles and the throat constricts.  It makes that left handed pain. I seen the nurse practioner in week 3 who said tonsils were fine Andy throat looked healthy. Lympthnodes weren't swollen and prescribed omperzole for slient reflux. On day 9 of taken them and no difference at all. Went to see the doctor yesterday and he said the same. My throat looked fine just left lympthnode was slightly bigger and there was a tiny bit of inflammation on it. Prescribed nasal steroid spray for it. He things some sort of scrap in my throat has done this. I'm just not convinced. I've never had a sore throat for this long with no other symptoms and no medicine is helping with the pain or making it better.  When I goggle everything, all that ever comes up is throat cancer so I'm very worried. I just want it to go away :( I can't be referred to ENT until 6 weeks so I have to wait another 2 weeks before I even get refereed . Any one had similar or can suggest Any other remedies that may help?