tonsillitis?
about 5 days ago i started getting a sore throat. 4 days ago i woke up and could barely move i had NO energy. My friends aunt took my temp and it was 102.6. i rested the rest of the day and the next morning i felt even worse. my temperature was taken and it was 103.something. so they took me to the hospital. i was there for about 2 hours and the doctor told me i had tonsillitis. he gave me a painkiller, and antibiotic and some mucus membrane to numb my throat. since then i havent been feeling better, i am back at my own house and have been throwing up non stop.
here are all my symptoms. does anyone know what i have? or if my doctor was right about tonsillitis?
symptoms: VERY sore throat i cant swallow with out wincing. im not really hungry but VERY thirsty. the past 2 days i have been throwing up non stop and having really bad pains in my stomach. i have a horrible headache. and am drained of energy almost 24.7.
please no rude comments.
this is the most energy i have used in 5 days.
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Oh my word, honey, get thee back to the ER stat!!!! It almost sounds like mononucleosis–the tiredness, the fever. Honestly, it could be anything. Hard to tell without labs drawn. Is your face swollen? What about your eyes? Can you feel lumps on either side of your neck? If you can, those may be your swollen lymph nodes. Back to the mono diagnosis, maybe.
I think the extreme thirst is from the fever. You are dehydrated and you’re not eating anything AND you’re barfing a bunch = really dehydrated. At the very least you need an IV tonight at the hospital and a monospot and a CBC with Diff TONIGHT.
Didn’t the nurse or someone draw labs when you went to the hospital a couple of days ago?
call the doctor again…. you could be having an adverse reaction to the antibiotic but you SHOULD be feeling SOME relief from the sore throat BECAUSE of the antibiotic–if that is unchanged and stomach and fever is worse, by all means call the doctor ASAP…. you don’t want to be too long with a temp over 103….
I know how you feel because I also have tonsillitis and the simptoms are quite similar. You need to remember that not in all situations tonsillitis is caused by bacteria, there are some instances where is caused by other factors.
The sensations you have, being thirsty, lack of appetite, lack of energy, etc is the consequence of the infection in your tonsils.
You can get some relief by using Lidocaine in your mouth, which is a local anesthetic. This could help you to eat without the pain.
About the antibiotic, I assume you are taking pennicilin, which is the standard in these cases. Try to go back to your doctor and ask for the injected version of the antibiotic. Its more powerfull and far more effective.
Try to drink as much as you can, particularly fruit juices or similar drinks and forget colas’ or other artificial stuff.