Ok I will try to keep this suckers as
possible, but I want to make sure all the
facts are given. About 2-3 weeks ago I
came down with a pretty common cold.
Stuffy nose, sore throat, nothing that
major. Once the cold was gone I had
developed a big canker sore on the bottom
right side of the tongue. The only
symptom of my cold that remained was the
sore throat but I thought nothing of it
since it is the winter and everyone tends
to get little bugs throughout the winter.
The sore was really bothering me so I
applied oragel on it and when I did I
shined a light in my mouth to see the sore
and noticed that on the same side of the
sore there was swelling in the back of my
throat, maybe tonsil, maybe some other
gland, I dont know which is really which
back there. At first I was worried but I
did some research and found that canker
sores can cause swelling. I could feel
the swelling in my neck at the time. The
canker sore healed and my throat no longer
hurt and when I would feel my neck (and I
did so numerous times just to make sure
becuase I am a paranoid person), I would
no longer feel any swelling. However last
night I looked and there was still the
swelling in the back of the throat. There
is no pain, no symptoms of anything else,
and no puss or discoloration at the
swelling. For the week that I thought my
throat was fine I was drinking a lot, not
getting much sleep and not eating very
well. I was just wondering if the
swelling going down is a gradual process
and can take a while and if me drinking
and not treating my body well could also
slow down the process. Again, I can no
longer feel it in my neck and there is
absolutely no pain. If I had never shined
the light in my throat I would have never
known it existed. Should I just be
patient and try to treat my body better or
is this something I should be concerned
about. Thanks!
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dragoncheese
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Aug 2005 Posts: 15 Location: wyckoff
Posted: 08-23-05 07:53am
Whenever there is a sore like that, just
to be on the safe side, you should go to a
doctor. It probably isn't much, but you
should get it diagnosed.
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nose
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Texas Asian
Hi Posted: 01-10-06 00:19am
Just curious. Have you had nasal swelling
in the past. Because I still have this
swelling back of my throat. It was
started as a nasal swelling(allergy) 3
years ago. Whenever I get triggered by
allergen I used to get swelled in my nose.
Now it's on my throat and deep inside the
nose.
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