Can An Ent Easily Identify Throat Cancer? Posted: 06-08-06 11:30am
I have been having issues with my throat
for six weeks.
I was orginially diagnosed with streph
throat and then put on 20 days of
antibiotics and five days of oral steriods
that didn't work.
My symptoms are
-- a swollen, lumpy tonsil on the right
side
-- swollen soft pallete on left side
-- difficulty swallowing
-- tight feeling in throat
-- a fever that comes and goes
-- fatigue
streph test and blood work for mono were
negative.
After a much anticipated visit to the ent
he simply looked at my throat, said my
tonsils weren't nearly as bad as they'd
need to be to have them taken out and the
swollen soft pallete could be from
breathing out of my mouth or snoring at
night. He told me to stop looking at it
and to call him only if it got worse.
But my throat still hurts and I can't
swallow!! He did an additional test for
epstein bar but it's not back yet.
Do you think he would have ordered tests,
done a scope, or something beyond looking
at my tonsils if there was any concern
about cancer??
I'd love an opinion from someone :(
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josie39
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 3 Location: massachusettes
Throat Posted: 08-24-07 18:13pm
hello mrsmth
My daughter just went for surgery because
she had almost the same syptoms the
department of infectious diseases did
every test they could think of to find out
what was causing this. She did have her
tonsils and adnoids out 12 years ago she
is 17 years old. My question to you would
be have you been tested for strep c. It is
not common. But a simple strep test does
not test for this type of strep. Hope this
helps. My daughter was taking antibiotics,
pennicillen, and steroids on and off for 9
months. Up until she had a fever of 104.7
then we went to children's hospital in
boston Mass. I am not a doctor but we just
came home today from the hospital.
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chrissssssssssssssssssss
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Posts: 2
I Had My Tonsils Out, And the Lump Moved... Posted: 09-20-07 02:36am
I had swollen tonsils...they took them
out...now there is a hard lump under my
jaw line...check for infections of all
sorts...
