Chronic sore throat and ear pain Posted: 05-17-08 09:41am
For the past 2 1/2 months I have had a
sore throat that will just not go away.
The pain ranges, on the good days, from
mild to severe. It is fine(no pain) in
the morning and from there gets
progressively worse. It starts on the
right side of my throat and as the day
goes on it spreads to the left. By night
the pain has started to radiate to my
ears, usually the right having the more
significant pain. I have trouble sleeping
and eating because of the pain and like I
said, by morning it is fine but then
continues it's normal phase through the
rest of the day. I have been to my GP
several times and have had strep tests
done with results coming back negative and
also when she looked in my throat saw
nothing. I also ended up in urgent care
because the pian got so severe I couldn't
talk and it was extremely painful to
swallow. It had felt like I was punched
repeatedly in the throat, it actually gets
painful to touch my throat. The lymphs
nodes in my throat at times are swollen,
but not all the time. I have tried
everything I can think of, pain
medications, benedryl, salt gargle and
changing my toothbrush. I have seen some
of the same symptoms on other posts, but
like those I do not have acid reflux.
Also I do not drink and neither my husband
or myself smoke. This is really starting
to wear on me so any help would be greatly
appreciated.
