As previously stated, you need to be seen. You need a strep test and a CBC (and possibly a mono test) if the strep test is negative.
The differential diagnosis includes (but is not limited to):
Strep
Peritonsilar abscess
Mono
GO GET YOURSELF SEEN AND DON'T SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IN A GAMBLING FORUM!!!!!
Doc
This is probably a good place to get medical advice. Gotta be tons of uninsured posters here who have gotten by on home cures.
Just to clarify...it's, usually, not the strep throat that kills you. The strep throat will go away in time. The reason we treat strep is to prevent the complications like rheumatic fever and acute glomerulonephritis (AGN).If untreated, strep can actually kill you, though it's pretty easily treatable with antibiotics. Good thing you went to a doc.
My throat pain is gone.I still feel a little under the weather but no longer need pain pills.I still have to take the penicillin until is is finished for it not to return.Thanks everyone,I hope none of you catch it but if you do now you know what to do.Go to the Dr.
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