Tonsils.

[NNONE]

So i had strep thoat and finished taking my course of pencillin vk about a week ago, and my tonsils still havent gone down, and my lymphnodes are still swollen, admittedly i have been putting my finger in my throat to feel my tonsils and they are still pretty big, the white stuffs gone off them but they're still big. When can i expect them to go cause this is driving me nuts, also my tongue sometimes has a thin layer of whiteish colored stuff that brushes off, is this normal?

[Allyoop44]

It could be thrush. When we take antibiotics we kill good bacteria as well as bad. And we need good bacteria to regulate the amount of yeast in our bodies. When we don't have good bacteria there's nothing the feed on the yeast. So it could essentially be a yeast infection in your throat.

[NNONE]

Its contagious?

... ****.

So that means my girlfriends gonna have it?

thanks for the advice, i hope its nothing more serious.

[Justaguy1206]

There isn't alot they can give you, antibiotics will make you break out in a rash (like it did me today). All you can really take is medicine to ease the symptoms, like tylenol for the fever and aches. They gave me lidocaine, it's a thick almost aloe vera like substance that you swish and swallow that pretty much just numbs your throat and mouth. The most important part is sleep, you need a lot of rest.....pretty much just gotta ride this thing out for a while and it will go away, which could take a while, like a week or two. And it's contagious. Hope this helps.

[NNONE]

No test for mono, just swollen lymph nodes and tonsils.

I had a big scare it was form hiv but im negative on that thankgod.

If its mono, then what do i do? does it go away on its own.

[Justaguy1206]

I'm in the same situation, I went to the doctor and they told me I had strep throat, a week later my tonsils were still huge and with a white substance on them. Went to a different doctor this time. She said she was pretty sure it was mono, but the blood test had to be shipped off today so I won't know for another day or two, so I'm not 100% it's mono. Have you been really tired? Other than a sore throat fatigue is another symptom.

[Bfacts]

Have you had a blood test? And did you check for mono?