After Strep Throat

[speechgirl78]

I was diagnosed with Strep Throat about 2 weeks ago. I went one week taking Amoxicillin 3 times a day. By the next Monday, I was worse. I called my doctor, who changed me to Azithromycin. My laryngitis is better. Most of the sore throat is gone. However, I still have sore swollen glands, and I still have a large white pocket in my throat (Next to my Faucial Pillars). Is this typical? How long should I give it for the white patch and gland stuff to go away?

[tomsant]

It can also come from minute pockets (crypts) in the pharyngeal wall (called Keratosis pharyngis) Usually it is present always, and not only at the time of infection.

Best,

TA

[speechgirl78]

I forgot to say I had no tonsils. Does that make a difference? Hard yellowish particles did come out of them today....but they are still yellowish/white....

[tomsant]

It may be keratin debris in the tonsillar crypt? Since the inflammation is just on its way out, I would suggest gargles with warm saline.

If there is no inflammation or pain, try to 'express' it out and gargle again.

The cervical lymph nodes will take a few more days to go away. Can't say, maybe some were there already before you had this infection?

Best,
Thomas Antony