Wicked hellish sore throat

Nathan said:
I've literally felt like I was going to die today, so I thought I might snivel a bit. 😆 I just know that I 'll feel much better tomorrow, cause I 'll either be healing or be dead.
I gotta go now, there's still time to get more sleep before bedtime.
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I was given penicillin and recovered very quickly. Of course doctors made house calls back then. Hugs and feel better soon.

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I swear by Apple Cider Vinegar, (with the mother in it). Take a capful of the vinegar in a half glass of warm water and gargle with it and, swallow. You can do this every 4 hours. It always works for me. Hope you are feeling better soon., Mate.
 
I got up at 3AM, difficulty breathing, painful cough, no improvement over last 24 hours.Went to Urgent Care, was blessed, didn't wait long. Great RN, swabbed for Strep and a throat culture. No Strep, that's good. Prescribed antibiotic, put me on Prednisone and an Albuterol inhaler. I have all the OTC meds for complete symptomatic relief. I think I may live. 😎
 
Nathan said:
I got up at 3AM, difficulty breathing, painful cough, no improvement over last 24 hours.Went to Urgent Care, was blessed, didn't wait long. Great RN, swabbed for Strep and a throat culture. No Strep, that's good. Prescribed antibiotic, put me on Prednisone and an Albuterol inhaler. I have all the OTC meds for complete symptomatic relief. I think I may live. 😎
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Sorry you are still suffering through this, Nathan, but glad to hear it isn't Strep. Hopefully the antibiotics and inhaler will get you back to normal.
 
Oh dear Nathan, any illness is rotten, but a sore
throat is bad, I am glad to read that you are in
the right place and getting help.

My go-to remedy for this, after the suggested
gargling is always a hot toddy of large whisky,
same amount or more of hot water, a spoon of
honey, these are great healers.

I hope that the tablets have worked.

Mike.
 
Nathan said:
I've literally felt like I was going to die today, so I thought I might snivel a bit. 😆 I just know that I 'll feel much better tomorrow, cause I 'll either be healing or be dead.
I gotta go now, there's still time to get more sleep before bedtime.
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If it persists, you know what you've got to do. Yep - see a professional. We're old, and are more at risk from - everything except STD's. :D
 
That's awful. Try salt gargles, try swallowing honey - preferably good manuka honey if possible.
Do see your doctor before it gets to stage where you can't swallow. I had a very bad situation once, agony and couldn't swallow food, and was given naprosyn I think it was, which brought the pain and swelling down within a day or so.
A bad sore throat is very frightening. I really hope you are better soon.
 
I have been susceptible to sore throats since I had whooping cough when I was 4 y/o. Back then, Penicillin was the answer, but the body becomes very adaptive to this antibiotic, so stronger is needed. I went from Penicillin to Ampicillin to Amoxicillin and now Azithromycin, which I have found to be the best. I also had double pneumonia once that began with a sore throat or what doctors call an upper respiratory disease.

The DayQuil-NightQuil also help. Once in awhile I use a spray to get rid of the scratchy feeling, but it doesn’t stay long. I had two different pneumonia vaccines. So far, so good. That’s one disease I never want to get again. I got asthma after I got out of the Marines. The VA blamed it on Agent Orange, but I didn’t pursue the testing they wanted me to go through. It’s not real bad asthma, but any asthma isn’t good. My oldest sister died from an asthma attack.
 
I'm just seeing this Nathan! So sorry you went through that. I hope you are feeling much better now. I'm glad you had your "arsenal" to fight that nasty sore throat and cold.

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chic said:
Eat an orange, Diva. I don't take vit c supplements, ever, because I eat so much vitamin C rich food.
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About a year ago, I started buying oranges again. After the regular ones started being tasteless, I bought mandarin oranges, particularly Halos when they were on sale. It's always a crap shoot with fresh fruit. The last bag of mandarins I bought were a disappointment. Most of what I was buying just didn't taste as I think they should. Eventually that became the case with bananas too, my favorite fruit. So I don't bother with fresh fruit anymore. My son did bring home some apples from an apple picking excursion at an apple farm. Most of those actually tasted like apples!
 
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I love these Youtube Kurzgesagt animated cartoon science videos. Within the 10 minute video are 3 links to related immune system animations. To understand why @Nathan throat became sore, note the neutrophil segment between 2:40 and 4:15 minutes. Respiratory viruses use our body's neutrophil process via cytokine protein messengers in sinus cavity beach heads spewing slight post nasal drips downward to purposely spread to our back of throat upper thorax areas.

Note, German Kurzgesagt is pronounced as kurts·guh·zaakt

How The Immune System ACTUALLY Works

 
OneEyedDiva said:
About a year ago, I started buying oranges. After the regular ones started being tasteless, I bought mandarin oranges, particularly Halos when they were on sale. It's always a crap shoot with fresh fruit. The last bag of mandarins I bought were a disappointment. Most of what I was buying just didn't taste as I think they should. Eventually that became the case with bananas too, my favorite fruit. So I don't bother with fresh fruit anymore. My son did bring home some apples from an apple picking excursion at an apple farm. Most of those actually tasted like apples!
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I have found that the only really delicious fruit I have come across is in the tropics where it's grown. Best tasting oranges I ever had were from a street vendor's cart in the Dominican Republic. Best Pineapple was a tie between Hawaii and Eleuthera (Bahamas). Bananas are fabulous in any of the tropical countries I've visited; so much more flavor 🤩

It's to the point now where I rarely eat fruit from the local grocer at home but I pig out big time when I get to a tropical country. I suppose it's like most stuff we consume. The fresher it is the more robust the flavor. It's really true ... you can taste the freshness!
 
OneEyedDiva said:
I swear by zinc to help keep colds at bay. I should be taking Vit C on a regular basis but I do not.
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I take Vitamin C and Zinc on a daily basis. If I feel a cold coming on I take Cold-Eze which is really just more Zinc. Knock on wood... I haven't had a cold since I retired over 3 years ago because I'm not around crowds that much. I have had Covid, but it was milder than a cold.
 

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