swollen throat glands

[bee21bee21]

Sorry this is a long question, but I want to give all the facts....  Five days ago I awoke with a very sore throat, and felt as if I had the flu.  Over the course of the day my symptoms worsened, I had a severly sore throat, swollen glands, headache, all of my joints ached but mot my muscles and had no fever.  The next day I saw my family doctor.  He tested for strep, (test was negative).  He said my lungs sounded good, no sinus problems and blood pressure was fine.  Said he had no idea what it was.  I was instructed to take Ibuprofen and chloriseptic spray for thoat to help with pain.  It has been five days now and I feel the same,  I wake up in the night because of the sore throat and headache.  My question is do you have any advice that would help, or ideas what my be causing this?

[DrySy]

I wound up with a sore throat last Sunday after waiting in the local emergency room 4 hours for a family member to get some stiches. The guy in the next bed on the other side of the curtain was suspected of having strep (those emergency room curtains are thin). Anyway, my sore throat started just slightly while still in the ER, but was turning into something significant later on that evening, and I could tell I was in for it if I didn't do something quick. Normally, I'd use a 23mg zinc lozenge and a few grams of vit C dissolved in water in a situation like this, but instead rubbed a very small amount of Extra Strength Bengay around the outside of the nasal opening and about 1/2" below the eyes (using a thumb because they're least likely to be used to touch an eye in case I forget about having the Bengay on my finger). The ES Bengay (or Flexall) are one of the quick fixes I use for my dry sinus/ENS condition. It had its' usual affect, producing watery eyes, runny nose and loosening up the nose-throat dryness. With that and a cup of tea with a bit of peppermint added, the sore throat was knocked out within a couple hours and didn't return.
(Obviously, you have to be very carefull not to touch an eye or other sensitive area with something like Bengay on your finger, so again, rub it on with a thumb, and don't use the bathroom for a while.)          

DrySy

[lama460]

did your doc tell you if it was a bacterial or virus infection?l have the same as you,the Doc said since l wasnt coughing,it must be bacterial.l was given some antibiotics without any effect.