Throat/ hard time eating an drinking

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Asked for Female, 13 Years

My throat has been bothering me for 1 week an a 1/2 and i we went to urgent care and they said it will go down if you gargle warm salt water eat soft foods and have cough drops. we have done that for a week and my throat still hurts. Mostly every time i eat i start choaking. I have chocked on dutch bros, water, soups, carrots, smoothies. I will wake up choacking on air at 3 in the morning sometimes. an my toncils have been enflaimed for 1 week and it hasent gotten better. What do i do? ThankU

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Dr. Vinay S Bhat ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist 15 yrs exp Bangalore · Accepted Answer

Dr. Vinay S Bhat

ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist 15 yrs exp Bangalore

You seem to be suffering from acute pharyngo-tonsillitis which is a common type of throat infection. You may need to take antibiotics and painkillers along with antiseptic mouth gargle for few days for faster recovery

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