Its been about 24 hours - hurts to swallow - My right ear feels kinda clogged.
Wait it out another 24 hrs or go in now?
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Do you have a fever?
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@BananaPancakes: no
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I only go if I also have a fever to check for something like Strep.
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Then I'd just take some Motrin for the pain, gargle some salt water and let it ride. I'd only be concerned about strep if there was a fever. But I also avoid the doctor at all costs. Ha ha.
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I would take cough drops and OTC meds, drink hot liquids and gargle salt water for a few days. After a few days of no relief, I might go to urgent care.
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@BananaPancakes: @bluestriped bee: been drinking hot tea - will try the salt water rinse too - thanks!
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I'd go in. It's easy to get a sick visit appt at my doc's office.
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Unless I had a fever with it, I wouldn't go in. Most of the time I just take some Zicam and it helps to alleviate the sore throat.
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Generally I would try to wait it out, but I once had a tonsilitus episode where I literally could not even swallow my saliva - if it got that bad again id go in! Feel better soon.
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Sore throats can last several days. Unless you have a fever, there's unlikely anything worrisome.
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Never, without other symptoms. Wait, no, that's not true. I had a sore throat for a month and I finally went in! Turns out it was reflux. Otherwise I get sore throats all the time and I treat them with motrin and other OTC remedies.
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I forget why I exactly went to urgent care last for my sore throat. I don't think I would have gone but for some reason I did. Well, I ended up having Strep. I was totally shocked.
I think I might have been sneezing and coughing up green mucous and that I thought I had a sinus infection. Maybe that's why I went. I guess I wanted to get the sinus infection taken care of before it turned into something worse. Plus, DH has asthma and wanted to make sure he didn't catch what I was having.
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If it was bad enough and had enough accompanying symptoms that I had to miss work, I think they ask for a doctor's note after the third day of absence in a row, so I'd go then. Otherwise, I wouldn't go to the doctor for a sore throat/earache/general cold symptoms.
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I have only gone once in my life for a sore throat and only because my whole household had already been treated for strep that week so it was obvious. Otherwise I would have waited it out.
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i went when my tonsils felt so big that i had a legit fear i was going to choke on them. i would get sick with a cough for a month, have a month off, then get that horrible cough again. turned out my tonsils were destroyed and i had to get them out. i have rarely been sick since! best thing ever although it was the most painful thing i've been through (including childbirth!)
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