diagnosis

my daughter has had aching body for a couple of days - she also has a sore throat, fever and loss of energy. She doesn't exactly feel fluey are you able to give a diagnosis.

The Boots pharmacist recommends that she takes day/night nurse

[Paderla Anitha, DNB]

Hello and hope you are doing well.

Understand your predicament. It could most probably be tonsillitis and a throat infection. Throat pain, difficulty swallowing, fever, scratchiness in the throat, post nasal drip, malaise and loss of appetite are symptoms of tonsillitis. It can be caused by bacteria like streptococcus or it could be a viral infection. Bacterial infections need antibiotics. Consult your primary care physician who will do blood tests and take a throat swab to determine the cause and prescribe appropriate medications. In the meantime give her warm oral fluids and  (OTC) tylenol (acetaminophen) for pain.

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.