Extremely painful throat sores

[WEG1163]

Background (44-yr-old female):
* Sunday night (2/10): achy body, sore throat, mild fever.
* Monday: sore throat, achy, nearly fainted 1/2 dozen times.  Fever 101.  Gradually declined to normal by evening.
* Tuesday: severe sore throat, no other symptoms. Painful to swallow, eat, drink, talk. Strep culture negative at clinic.
* Wednesday: severe sore throat, no other symptoms. Pain as Tuesday.  Wed. night, checked throat...multiple "canker sore" looking sores at back of throat.  Now also same sores vaginally.
* Thursday more of same; doctors unavailable...made appt. for Friday afternoon.

NOTHING touches the pain: throat lozenges, ibuprofen, hot tea, chloraseptic spray, salt water gargle.  All thease provide seconds of relief, short-lived.

WHAT is causing these sores, both on throat and vaginally, and this severe throat pain?!  I'm in agony!!

[Wear/a/Jimmy]

Google herpes

[pri1285]

Add salt and few drops of lime juice to warm water and gargle for 4 to 5 times a day. Boil 5 cloves and 2 cardamom in 2 glasses of water,sip it frequently. Keep a clove in your mouth lit it soak in saliva,bite it and sip its juice,repeat this.

[WEG1163]

Turned out to be Coxsackie Virus, more common in very young children.  Named after a town in upstate NY.  Since it was a virus, nothing could be done.  Vicodin finally gave me relief, but it went away on its own by the weekend.  My nephew had it last year when he was 1; poor kid was in agony, and now I can see why?!  Horrible virus!!