I've been sick since last wednesday, I had
a high fever and I was dizzy, as well as
thursday. On friday I began to develop
a sore throat/sore glands/pain when
swallowing, and I also had a white tongue.
I lost my voice completely on saturday,
to the point where I couldn't produce any
sounds whatsoever for several hours, but
basically could not talk at all for 2
days. I also developed a cough and a
stuffy nose. On saturday I was diagnosed
with strep throat by a culture test, and
right now i'm on day 4 of penicillin.
I was wondering how long it takes to
recover? It feels like it's never going
to get better. Painkillers don't help.
Today, I had a white tongue again, which
I guess I can attribute to the
penicillin/lack of good bacteria? It's
frustrating. I also started to get an
"itching" at the back of my throat.
Also, whenever I get sick, I snore for
some reason. With this illness, it's
particularly painful because the
vibrations from snoring seem to be in the
back of the throat, which irritates my
tonsils, etc and makes it much more
painful.
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san54
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Dec 2003 Posts: 227 Location: Virginia
Strep Throat Posted: 02-14-07 16:45pm
I will tell you that it will take at least
two weeks. It takes time. My daughter
was suseptiable to strep when she was a
child. She would go on medication and
right after she stopped it would start up
again. Every two weeks until she grew out
of it. Just hang in there.
