Very Green Tea

Ok, for the past 2-3 weeks I felt as though I had a cold coming on as my soft palate and throat began to hurt and itch a little. I have been taking vitamin C and Zinc everyday, and have been using some vicks nasal spray which you are supposed to take at the first sign of a cold. On some days I felt as though the cold was eliminated from my system, but on others my nose was blocked or running and my throat hurt or itched a bit.

Last night at around 9:15pm, the area around my soft palate and uvula began to hurt slightly and this quickly escalated to a strong pain, especially when I swallowed. Over the next 3 hours or so, I took VitC and Zinc, that nasal spray, 2 strepsils and a telfast tablet. I also ate a banana, kiwi, orange, and drank some fruit juice to try and help my system. Nothing helped however, and by midnight the pain was strong and felt extreme whenever I swallowed.

At this point, my nose began to run slightly and I used a few tissues (maybe 10-15) over the next 2.5 hours (which is how long it took me to finally get to sleep). During the night, I kept waking up and falling back to sleep, my throat still hurting tons whenever I swallowed. At 6:30, I woke up for the 3rd time, but I had a strong headache in addition to extreme pain when swallowing, so I decided to have breakfast and go on the computer to take my mind off it.

So here I am, forcing down my morning weet-bix, banana, and green tea (with lemon juice and honey), praying that someone will come and help me figure out:

a) what this is
b) what I can do to ease the pain
c) what I should do to help my body recover

For all serious answers, I can't thank you enough, and please help me end this terrible pain.

Also, as I finish writing this, I have noticed that when I press lightly on either side of my adam's apple, I feel a slight pain.

Once again, thanks a million in advance.

It's probably just a cold that's unusually bad.

I wouldn't worry too much, but I'd visit a doctor. I kind of have similar symptoms right now, because I woke up this morning and coughed up phlegm with blood in it, although really it wasn't from my lungs, but from my nasal cavity. Somewhere. I just hacked another small gob up a little while ago. It's probably nothing, although I'd expect to feel like crap for a while.

My current symptoms are soft palate pain (pain swallowing and when talking, although not enough to be debilitating) and some in my throat, not to mention a persistent headache all day.

If you hear about a college student dropping dead from meningitis in the next day or two, then you might need to worry, but it's probably just a cold or something bacterial that's a little worse. I'd see your doctor if it bothers you too much.

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