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My name is Haley and I am a 19 year old female. About a week and a half ago, I experienced a very sore throat. My right tonsil was very swollen, my left one was barely enlarged. I was only feeling pain on the right side of my throat. After a few days of a sore throat, I started getting the body aches and felt very weak one night at work. I ran a temperature of 99. My temperature wasn't very high but even someone acidentally hitting me hurt really bad--my body was so sore. These symptoms only last a day or two. Since then, I have been really tired, my body seems a little weak at times. A few days later the pain in my throat went away but my tonsils are still so swollen, my right one in particular. They have been this way for 3-4 days now. It hurts when I turn my neck from side to side and when I feel a tremendous amount of pressure in my head when my head's upside down. My ears hurt alot too when I wake up. The funny thing is, whenver I get a swollen throat, I never get strep it's just my tonsils are swollen and it's ALWAYS more swollen in my right one.
Any ideas on what I should do? I am debating making a doctors appointment but these headaches and pressure in my head/neck is driving me nuts!View Thread
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