Lingering psuedo sore throat

This has been very weird for me. I know what a sore throat should feel like, but this isn't quite it.
About 2 weeks ago, my lymph in my neck became inflammed. After 2 days they had gone down, but i had the feeling of a sore throat coming on. But it never did, it just stayed that feeling that a sore throat is coming on. My lymph are back to normal, but this feeling that a sore throat is coming on is still there. But its not sore yet, just the feeling in the back of the throat that I am about to get a sore throat. When I drink lots of water (which I do in my office) The feeling tends to subside, but then returns after a little while. Throat lozenges don't do much.
What could this be?

Also, I usually have pretty bad allergies, but lately they haven't been all that bad.

[National Jewish]

It is very difficult to determine what is going on without looking into your throat and possibly performing a throat culture.  There are many reasons, allergic and nonallergic that can cause this.

[trotter89]

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