sore throat and white puss

[czechboy]

hi .. yesterday a very quickly developing medical condition started affecting me in my mouth and throat .. over the course of less then 24 hours i developed a really bad sore throat and complicating symptoms:


1. soreness is more pronounced on the left side with some slight tenderness on the right side. this soreness of tenderness often extends up to my left ear.
2. diffulcty or pain swallowing, again limited to the left side.
3. a white milkish coating on my tounge along with some red dots on tongue (tho, ive never fully inspected my tongue so these dots my always be there)
4. feeling of having a mouth full of saliva accompanied with the faint sensation of slight discharge from the point where it is the most sore.
5. muscle aches and pains in my legs (especially in my lower legs)

any help or direction you could give would be great appeciated.

[hanaguchi]

Hi,
Sounds like two different things are going on.
Your throat sounds like it is infected. You sound have it tested for strep so that you can get on antibiotics and portect your heart in case that is the case. If it is not strep you can tough it out or take anti-biotics to have it go away. If you want to tough it out use Chlorasceptic and ibuprofen to help the pain. Rinsing with warm salt water also helps. It is frustrating since it hurst when you swallow and you probably want to swallow a lot because of the swelling (horrible cycle).

The body aches sound a bit like a residual flu. Often people get the flu (viral) and end up with a secondary
bacterial infection (sore throat) directly after it.
Hope it helps and get lots of rest.

[czechboy]

thanks for your response.

it could very well be strep as i have spent all day online researching the posibilities visa vie the symptoms .. but in truth, seems like it could be 3-4 other things based on my recent activies.

one thing about the body aches .. i havent had the flu lately .. in fact in more than half a year .. so its highly doubtful that the body aches are being caused by that .. but its also possible that the body aches are being caused by something altogether different.

thanks anyway

[mojov1]

If you have had a really bad flu or grind your teeth or have neck pain, then the infection and soreness is probably because you have a middle ear infection.

Blocked ear drainage creates backteria and puss from the middle ear infection.  The puss will sting your throat, tongue and mouth.  If left untreated, you will experience all kinds of body aches as the infection spreads through your entire body.  Some people develop Arthritis.

Antibiotics will not cure a middle ear infection, but they will clear up the infection in your mouth and throat.  See a Head and Neck Dr. right away.

[Missy1189]

throat sore when swallowing and had fever during the night....don't have insurance...how often should I gargle?
what remedies will help