I have found that stepping up my oral hygiene helps a lot. Brushing my teeth, flossing, and scraping my tongue before going to bed. My breath still smells good in the morning.

An old country doctor once told me that gargling with hot salt water helps much better than warm. It does. He said to use water as hot as you can stand it and gargle until it cools off.

Also try a voice lesson. Learning how to breathe correctly when talking helps to relax your throat.

Hope some of this is helpful. God bless you.

I have had a sore throat for almost 3 1/2 weeks and when I went to the doctor in the first week he took a swab of my throat and said it was viral but it still seams to not be going away or it goes away for one day and then comes back. It feels like a lump in my throat that keeps moving from one side to the other. Should I go to a specialist. I have tried all the over the counter remidies as well as gargelling with salt water. HELP!

You might have a chronic sore throat virus.