Allergic Rhinitis Problem

Hi, for the past few weeks I have been having really bad allergies. A month and a half ago I went to my doctor because I was having a really bad headache and my throat was irritated. He told me I had sinusitis and a throat infection (because my left tonsil was swollen). He described my entire condition as Allergic Rhinitis. He prescribed me Z-Pac and Flonase and he also told me to use saline spray to clean out my sinus. In addition he advised me to gargle with salt water. He notified me that my ears and nose were completely clogged. I took the Z-Pac and it had no effect. Furthermore, the Flonase spray was useless because my nose was completely clogged and it would just drip out after I used it. I was also having difficulty breathing (e.g. shortness of breath) The doctor then prescribed me Augmenting and Prednisone, and he changed my allergy medicine from Allegra to Zertec. It has been several weeks and my condition is better but my tonsil is still enlarged. I went back to my doctor and he told me that it will take time for me to get completely better. He also advised me to keep gargling with salt water. The issue is that even though my tonsil was enlarged before I didn't have any pain in my throat, but yesterday when I woke up I had a sore throat. I have never had this type of throat problem before (I'm 22 years old). I would appreciate if anyone could tell me something I could do to fix this throat problem because it is extremely annoying. PLEASE HELP ME. Thank you.

[Eric Genden, MD]

While this may represent an a allergic exacerbation, you may have an upper respiratory track virus. Contact your physician. You may benefit from a allergy work up. You may also need a CT scan to better understand the cause of your problem.