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White sores in throat?
10 days ago, I had a sore throat. It's usually sinus drainage this time of year so I started taking some Claritin. When that didn't help, I looked in my throat and noticed some white sores so I went to the doctor. It wasn't strep and I was prescribed augmentin for 10 days. I'm on day 6 and notice no change. As soon as a white sore goes away, another one seems to pop up. They are all near my uvula. I have 3 or 4 that I can see. They are very small, but painful. I just called for the throat culture results and it came back normal. I've been gargling with warm salt water several times a day.
I can function fine and sleep ok with the pain so I don't need pain relief, but would like to know what else this could be or what some other remedies I could try to get rid of these sores. I do have a bit of sinus drainage, but that hasn't caused these sores before.
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- oldtimekid2Lv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
You can talk to your doctor if you're concerned, but it's not uncommon for something to look worse during treatment. One important thing to note is that you need to finish off any prescription, especially antibiotics, or it can be worse in the long run. You can easily call the doctor's office to tell them what's happening and they can tell you with the infection they think it is whether that's something you should come in for.
With that being said, whenever you take an antibiotic, you should also make sure to take a good Probiotic to help replenish the good bacteria that the antibiotic kills off. It's not uncommon to have a recurrence of the infection (or even another infection) after an antibiotic because the good bacteria that's keeping the bad stuff back is killed off. Good luck and I hope I helped!
Source(s): Health/nutrition classes, personal experience with infections, and personal research in my role as a Product Specialist for a vitamin company - 5 years ago
Completing the entire regimen of the Antibiotic must be done. If a reoccurrence begins few days later. Notify the MD due to reoccurring Infection. He/She will probably change Antibiotic. Also, Lidocaine Swish could be helpfull for the pain.
