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Sore throat for 5 weeks

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Hi Everyone,

I hope everyone is well dyring this crazy time. I'm 33F and have been suffereing from an on and off again sore throat now for the past 5 weeks. I have no fever. My neck glands are swollen. At the beggining I was worried that I might have Covid-19 but then no other symptoms progressed. Now 5 weeks on I'm worried of what else it could be.  The throat pain comes and goes but for the last couple of days it has been really bad.  I have been doing the bad thing of using Dr google and this has completely freaked me out.

Usually I would go and see my GP but with the current situation they won't see me (understandable). I feel afraid and alone and I don't know what to do. My father is a GP in Australia so I have been sending him throat photo's but he says it's just viral too. But again can a virus last 5- 6 weeks? He isn't even sure. I would have great comfort if I was able to see an ENT, but I don't think that is an option in this current climate. Any advice would  be greatly appreciated.

 

Thank you

 

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    Hi I'm in the same boat. I've had a persistent sore throat just on my left side for 5/6 weeks now with a stabbing pain in my left ear like a constant earache. I'm always clearing my throat. I've got no redness or anything but I do have 1 big lymph node that is enlarged also on the left that's been there for around 12 months I have had 1 scan on that and they wanted a rescan but covid kicked in so I didn't get another appointment. I called my gp on the 15th of March she said gargle salt water it's probably viral. I called again this week and she said because of the length of time it's been going on she will prescribe me a weeks worth of antibiotics amoxicillin just to be sure there's no infect (I'm day 4 with absolutely no improvement) and if that doesn't work she will be giving me a referral to the ENT. My issue is I know they are not being very prompt with appointments at the moment and they are limiting things ect so I don't even know if I will be seen or if it's even serious enough for them to give me an appointment. 
     

    anyway hope it helps to have a buddy who is going through the same thing I'm a 29f btw x

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    This is exactly what I have. One side of back of throat and ears playing up it went away for about a week then came back. No temperature no coughing bar once every few weeks tickling throat prompting huge coughing fit. Could this be some strain of Covid related virus?

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    Same here, sore throat 5 weeks, prescription for acid reflux. No change. Doing blood test tomorrow, then chest x ray then ENT referral depending on results. Worrying.

  • Offline in reply to anna5543

    Hi everyone been reading all your posts i have been suffering with the same thing for 3 weeks now. Dry sore throat swollen glands in the neck. Also very painfull around oesophagus and under my chin. Very painful in the back of my neck. I have been like this before but keeps coming back it has all started since I had my first covid jab just wandering if anyone else has had there covid jabs have now had both still feel bad. They are putting me through for an emergency ent appointment 

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