Wellness

[brandiwine]

Listen to your doctor! Just use the salt water. Your doctor went to school for a very long time and knows what's best for you in this circumstance. No matter how well intentioned, non professional advice can be harmful.

[brii]

Make a hot tea with fresh lemons and honey. Drink it often. It will soothe your throat.

It sounds awful what you've gone though.

[betteb]

On 2/19/2015 brandiwine said:

Listen to your doctor! Just use the salt water. Your doctor went to school for a very long time and knows what's best for you in this circumstance. No matter how well intentioned, non professional advice can be harmful.

This^^

You can drink hot tea with lemon or anything else you find soothing, but do the saltwater gargle like your Dr said.

[jubilant]

On 2/19/2015 sfnative said:

On 2/19/2015 jubilant said:

On 2/19/2015 adelle38 said:

On 2/19/2015 jubilant said:

Well, I went to the doctor and I don't have strep. I don't seem to have yeast or thrush either. Since I have had problems with my throat in the past they will give it another couple of weeks. Like you said, Goodstuff .... it may take some time. If I get another fever she wants me to come back for more antibiotics. She diagnosed it pretty much like you said, Ford.... I am supposed to gargle with warm salt water. If it's not completely gone in a couple weeks, they will have to scope it. I'm not looking for that to happen.

Thanks again for all your help and encouragement.

You might try adding a teaspoon of warm honey to that salt water. It's very soothing and will help heal your throat. You can also just forget the salt and use honey with warm water.

That sounds soothing. I have raw honey here...I will try that next time!

By using raw honey, you may be introducing additional pathogens into your systems. Best go with a product that is pasteurized.

That sounds like good advice. I better pass on the honey. Usually I have the pasteurized kind but my DD had and extra jar of the raw and gave me one. I'll pass on it. Thanks.

[jubilant]

On 2/19/2015 betteb said:

On 2/19/2015 brandiwine said:

Listen to your doctor! Just use the salt water. Your doctor went to school for a very long time and knows what's best for you in this circumstance. No matter how well intentioned, non professional advice can be harmful.

This^^

You can drink hot tea with lemon or anything else you find soothing, but do the saltwater gargle like your Dr said.

Thanks....I am ready for my next gargle now and it really is helping.

[betteb]

On 2/19/2015 jubilant said:

On 2/19/2015 betteb said:

On 2/19/2015 brandiwine said:

Listen to your doctor! Just use the salt water. Your doctor went to school for a very long time and knows what's best for you in this circumstance. No matter how well intentioned, non professional advice can be harmful.

This^^

You can drink hot tea with lemon or anything else you find soothing, but do the saltwater gargle like your Dr said.

Thanks....I am ready for my next gargle now and it really is helping.

Oh that's good it is helping

[colliemom4]

I hope you feel better soon. Sometimes it takes longer than others. I'm just getting over some illnesses myself.

[jubilant]

On 2/20/2015 colliemom3 said:

I hope you feel better soon. Sometimes it takes longer than others. I'm just getting over some illnesses myself.

I'm glad to hear you are getting over yours. I intend to keep gargling and give it a few more weeks since I hear from others here how long it's taken them to get past symptoms. The gargling seems to be making a big difference for me.

[ID2]

On 2/19/2015 fortune said:

Jubilant, there's absolutely no question in my mind that you have Thrush. The doctor probably didn't swab it because it is a mild case. Gargling with salt water will help and, as your body readjusts after the antibiotics, it probably will go away. Before taking any more antibiotics, if it gets worse, be sure to have the doctor swab it and make a diagnosis.

Perhaps the OP should have just gone to you for a diagnosis.

[Mindy D]

White spots can indicate strep throat, which would mean the antibiotic you were on was not effective, or the spots could just be areas and you could have thrush. Go back for a second trip to your doctor.