Hi guys im 25 and this is my 1st time getting tonsillitis that i can recal. I started felling the serious pain on monday nd went to the pharmacy they gave me so unprescribed pills and meds it did not help 1 bit. I had troubles sleeping so i woke up tuesday morning nd booked a doctors appointment as the pain was unbearable. I was prescribed with APO-Cephalexin its now wednesday nd i feel so much more better the pain is slightly there but i can eat and drink with not much discomfort. It does wonders
Hi guys im 25 and this is my 1st time getting tonsillitis that i can recal. I started felling the serious pain on monday nd went to the pharmacy they gave me so unprescribed pills and meds it did not help 1 bit. I had troubles sleeping so i woke up tuesday morning nd booked a doctors appointment as the pain was unbearable. I was prescribed with APO-Cephalexin its now wednesday nd i feel so much more better the pain is slightly there but i can eat and drink with not much discomfort. It does wonders
Whatever u do:
-dont drink or eat anything cold it will make the pain worse
-mostly everything u drink should be warm
-i found it really easy to digest soup
-chopped up ginger in boiling water with honey to gargle with(let it cool down to being warm before gargling)
-warm water with salt to gargle
Hope this helps guys 
It's my third day of struggling this hellish tonsillitis,,
And what my doctor said is that even if I take antibiotics, it won't work because my tonsillitis are likely to be caused by a virus and not bacteria.and virus caused tonsillitis can only be cured by our immune system.but then he recommended me lozenges and ibuprofen to sooth the pain but not to cure.
If you have cough and runny nose before or during tonsillitis attack,,it is likely caused by virus and antibiotics won't help.
But if not,,it's 100 caused by strep bacteria and antibiotics will help you recover..that's all I want to share and thank you.
So, I have been through the ringer of sicknesses over the last 6 weeks, let me just start with I have been veyond words miserable. It all started with a basic cold, I went to the doctor got some antibiotics and thought I was getting better. A day or two after those were gone I immediately took a turn for the worse. 
So, by this point I am roughly two weeks in and now I have a sinus infection and my ear feels like its popping out of my head. The pain is unbearable. Now, at this point everytime I fall asleep I wake up with two very very swollen eyes, my sinuses were so clogged that my right ear, right eye and right side of my throat just ached and throbbed all day, and all night. Dont forget the pounding migraine I've now managed to adopt for nearly 3 1/2 weeks now, oh and the fact that absolutely nothing I take medication wise relieves any pain/throbbing/aching misery I am enduring. Continuing on I go to the ER at 4 in the morning and spend 4 hours getting ignored crying, with a fever, and chills, cant hardly swallow and Im freaking out. After 4 hours of being ignored the doc finally came in said two words and prescribed a secomd round of antibiotics and sent me home....without even looking at my throat. Another week and a half go by and I again think Im finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Nope, my ear pain comes back full speed ahead and worse, then something happens. It felt as though my ear popped and everything was draining....uh scary, especially for someone whos NEVER in their 30 years of life had an ear infection. So, now I have a 101 fever, my ear is killing me and my throat is super swollen and red and Incant stop crying and my eyes are still swollen from all the sinus pressure. Back to docote for a third round of antibiotics and a steroid this time. The next day I go see my primary doctor who refers me to an ear, nose and throat doctor. Well, I got better a week and half later and felt like I was done with the madness. Nipe, everytime I try to go to bed my throat swells and I cant swallow and the aches from one side is causing my ear to throb again and its 3 in the morning Im now online typing this and looking everywhere to try and diagnose whether I have tonsillitis or not. How would I know Ive never had it before.
It hurts like mad to swallow, my ear hurts because my throat hurts, my teeth on that same side ache because of my throat and ear....once again I cant sleep in my bed because everytime I try to lay down with my husbad the pressure is too much to handle and I start crying and end up back on the couch in tears and the only way I can sleep is sitting up.
Tonight alone in the last 4 hours I have been trying to get some shut eye I have drank 6 cups of tea and throughout this entire process I have gone through 4 big things of honey and like 6 boxes of 40 count earl gray tea. .. usually the tea soothes my throat enough and i can go to sleep l. Well, its not working tonight.
I have ate an entire box of numbing cough drops, put numbing ear ache drops in my ear, sprayed my throat with numbing spray, had tea, tried ice, ugh Im crying and dont know what I am supposed to do.
Whoopie do I have it too!!! I am from the UK but recently moved to the US - I dont have any medical insurance and what money I do have is for other purposes (immigration fees, need a car etc) and to make things worse its Xmass in less than 2 weeks!!!
Antibiotics - that however is good news because I have had enough tooth infections to at least be prepaired... you cant get any without a doctor / dentist and even tho its no big deal you still have to pay for a doctor & your prescription in the US. I have been so desperate before that I was considdering growing it!! I have always managed to find some solution eg. see a doctor when dentist tells me to wait 2 weeks for emergency or keep attacking it with a needle / razor till it pops then wash with salt water - emergency room treatment remains as always a real last resort but WORSE in the US!!!
Well antibiotics can be bought legally online and fish antibiotics are exactly the same as what the doctor prescribes you - they even come in a capsule (dont know why... not really as if you make the fish swallow tablets sometimes bigger than they are). You can also buy in any good pet shop... if you are allergic to penicillin you can even but other types you can take - check first what you can or cannot take first if its an issue.. I got these antibiotics a few months ago and they good for another 2 1/2 years - just dont even considder buying of ebay or something - make sure you buy from a reputable company.
I bought antibiotics because I used to get abcesses all the time and got fed up being ion pain and not able to do nothing but since I bought these tablets I have only taken them once before - that was when I broke my finger and a cut clearly got infected... If you buy them you shouldnt take them whenever you feel bad or down... also they do nothing for a cold - thats a viral infection and antibiotics wont work (its in the name)
good luck if you try looking online for antivirotcs lol - why not add other search terms like cure for the common cold
Anyway Fun and joy - I already have trouble speaking and swallowing and it isnt clearing up itself just getting worse so antibiotcs now are my treatment together with gargeling salt water and strangely using a toungue scraper actually does give me some releif for a little while. Also hot drinks and I going to buy some fruit this afternoon
erm my usual headaches I always get I thought had gone havent... must be I am still taking the painkillers but didnt think Im taking them for a different reason just didnt think. Also I`m weird, never could swallow paracetamol (acetaminiphen) So I chew them... kinda got used to the taste over the years so it dont bother me but just like toothache - better than swallowing the tablet let it disolve in your mouth over where it hurts and it will go there first.
Cant suggest nothing to help it taste better tho sorry - all I can say is if it really does hurt that bad then you just have to do it for a little releif.
As per another post above diclofeniac sodium (aka volterol) - yeah thats really good stuff I know... brilliant but the doc doesnt like to prescribe it often and the next best thing that you can buy that does the same just nowhere near as good is ibuprophane - I`m taking that too... should be noted that sucking an ibuprophane tablet actually does a good job of numbing your mouth lol
Dude I feel you 100%. Currently it feels like there is a frickin war down my throat. I already had tonsilitis 4 times in the past few months but this time it is 1000 times worse! Also I was prescribed antibiotica and they worked for a while but as soon as I stopped taking them (I was prescribed only 5 days) the pain came right back much worse! I can't eat nor drink and my mouth is so dry because I can barely swallow my saliva! I have choked down a sip of water in the last few days. Good luck to all of you guys and I hope you all feel better soon!
Hello, Im suffering from tonsillitis too.
This is my ninth day I think.
From second to sixth day, I have this feeling that "if I swallow I know that it hurts" so I was scared of eating anything or drinking anything.
So I'm thinking what's the best for me to survive this. i'm hoping that this will help you when you're suffering too.
Soft boiled eggs with salt are the best protein and easiest to swallow. Because of its texture.
I drink ginger brew, rice tea, room temp water after I gargle mineral water with salt.
Survive with anti-inflammatory meds, antibiotics, and sleeping.
After I wake up every morning I take a cold bath, so my body is relaxed, after that I gargle three glasses of salt and water.
I drink cold but I think it's not effective, I switched to hot but I think that will irritate your throat too and your throat will become dry so try a room temp liquid it will help.
Pray, and just enjoy the pain! Dont let pain become the problem, let the pain become the challenge!
Im getting well now. I miss to eat lot.
Oh I am very glad to know I'm not the only one that is absolutely hating this! I started feeling it on the Thursday. I went to work and was just very achy didn't really think much of it until Christmas morning I looked in the mirror and noticed I had a pretty giant right tonsil, body aches, headache/fever. I thought well I can't go to the doctor today so I actually ended up waiting till Sunday. He said it was pretty serious. Put me on these giant antibiotics which has been a challenge in itself considering I can't eat and can barely drink. My right one is pretty much taking over everything but I think my left one now is sort of getting bigger which sucks. What I found to be the most annoying part tho aside from swallowing is my neck. It hurts soo much! Which I think is partly why I'm still getting awful headaches, but I found taking a really cold ice pack and putting it on your neck helps a lot! For a little while I felt Ok...plus tea and honey is good. Anything warm really. Really hoping it goes away soon!
Hi, I'm going trough this illness right now. I never write posts but decided to do it maybe this information helps others. I started experiencing sharp pain while swallowing on Sunday . Could not drink eat or sleep. Felt terrible . Gp prescribed me 250mg penicillin - doesn't work. And doctors really useless ( mainly gp's) I was in agony and dehydration but they just say take ibuprofen and paracetamol Which never helped. I called doctor from my country he got me new generation antibiotics- azithromycinum , only 3 tablet 3 days. Also hexoral spray for pain . I had relieve within 6 hours of taking antibiotics. 2 days now and I,m back to myself. Just 2 days ago I thought I m going to diy. I regret I went to gp who never even test what sort of tonsillitis you have ( bacterial or viral) to be able to prescribe right treatment. I checked you can get this tablets from boots. Just ask your gp to give you prescription. Get well. And God bless you
If you don't have improvement from antibiotic within 3 days they not working. Take azithromycinum it start work within 3 hours. I just recovered from this illness recently .
I've been suffering from what I suspect is tonsillitis for around 4 days now, I've never had anything quite as excruciating as this before. It all started with a sore throat and a slight fever, I thought it was probably the onset of a cold or flu, but then I noticed my throat was getting extremely swollen and very painful!
Even attempting to swallow my own saliva is horrible, resorting to spitting in a cup because the pain was that bad.
I take around 6/7 paracetamols a day and they are doing NOTHING! I tried gargling with salt water but it didn't seem to clear it or reduce the symptoms.
Sleeping is a whole other story. I think in the past couple of days I've only managed 1h30 at a time.
I can't eat or drink, and I sweat so much in the night that my clothes have started to stick to me!
I took a look in the back of my throat to find a bunch of red spots all over the back of my throat, and a thick, red uvula ( little dangly bit in back of neck ) I can't see any signs of puss or white bumps but my tonsils are very swallow and red.
Seeing the GP later too see what he thinks it could be, and hopefully he'll give me something to ease the pain
I am not sure if I have tonsilltis as I have never had it before, but I think i do.
Started on day 1 with sore throat and chills, then day 3 I went to walk-in clinic who just said to take painkillers as my tonsils are red but not swollen. I had seen 2 white spots on one tonsil, which I now reckon are ulcers?
Throat has become progressivley worse with day 4 and 5 spent in bed in agony trying to swallow. I finally went back to a walk-in clinic on day 5 and they gave me penicillin, although didn't bother to take any swabs and just said it's likely to be viral. More ulcers are trying to come through on tongue and lip, but I am hoping that my salt washes are keeping them at bay. Anything I try to drink (other than cold water) just burns all the way down.
Today (day 6) I have some white stuff on my uvula.. my tonsils will flare up swollen for a little while and then go back down for some reason. I have been gargling with crushed up paracetamol which seems to soothe it for a while. I still haven't eaten since day 3 and I lack sleep.
I just can't see an end in sight. I keep reading people's horror stories that it goes away then came back after 4 days, or they had it for 2 weeks! I have just started a new job and am already off ill. It's really badly timed 
but I have to remember it could be worse.
Sorry for the rant! I needed to get it off my chest. It's just so unfair
I m suffering from tonsilities prob since 4 years. last 1 n half year was good for me coz i got it only 4 times, during that time I was prescribed la tablet n b12 injection i think those were the reason for 1.5 year i was less infected by tonsilities, bt sadly i have been getting tonsillitis 5 times in last 3 months. Had antibiotics bt it comes again. I think the main problem is with my imunity. I m Going to take some tables which can boost my imunity if my doctor will prescribe ill let u know if it will help me.
And i drink milk and somtime Maggie noodles idk if it will hurt your throat but doesn't hurt me u should try if its available in your country. Or any noodles which is not spicy.
If u got ulcer than dont try to eat anything jjst drink hot milk or hot chocolate milk.or any milkshake but make sure its not cold.when i eat ice cream or drink any cold shake it make tonsilities worse. I have noticed that i get tonsilities more often when i drink coca cola pepse or any colddrink. Meet your doctor otherwise ulcer spread and it ll make situation worse. Before 20 days i got ulcer too bt after taking medicine my ulcer gone. Now i m again suffering from tonsilities hope this time ulcer wont appear. I was also prescribed painkiller coz i was not even able to breath without pain.n sorry foe bad English i hope u can understand me.
I'm 19 and I suffer badly with tonsillitis.
I had it for a year and a half non stop but still had doctors refuse to refer me to have them removed.
I'm currently going through my worst experience of tonsillitis I've ever experienced.
This is day 4.
Day 1:
It came on so suddenly. I was sitting watching television at around 10pm and I was fine then by 10:30, my throat was swollen, at least twice the size it was and I was cold and clammy to touch but I felt like I was on fire. At that time, I just put my head down, tried to ignore and went to sleep.
Day 2:
This morning, I woke up and I felt terrible. Throat was still swollen, still felt the cold/flu like symptoms and it was extremely painful to swallow. I avoided the doctors and went to work anyway. I suffered at work all day and stupidly took no medicine because I was genuinely scared to swallow. That night, I arrived home and the pain was so severe and I was so thirsty that I phoned NHS 24 and I was sent to the out of hours department at my hospital. The doctor AND the student doctor both looked me over which was infuriating because I wanted a solution quick, and it was taking too long. Eventually, they disappeared and spoke among themselves for at least 15 minutes whilst I waited. They came back with 5 days worth of Penicillin (liquid) and a prescription for another 5 days. Of course when I got home, the first thing I done was took the medicine and what a painful experience to swallow it down. I then went to sleep, woke up twice through the night which I was actually quite happy with.
Day 3: Still no food/water. Booked an appointment with the doctor because the out of hours doctor told me to, to talk about getting the tonsils removed. I explained everything to my doctor and he said even if he referred me, they wouldn't even look at it because of the length of time since my last bout of tonsillitis. This made me angry and I left. This day was terrible, everytime I smelt food or seen a drink that looked ice cold, it made me more hungry/thirsty. That night I wanted to sleep at my parents house because my mind was telling me that my throat might swell up and I might stop breathing(this is still concerning me). I had a mouthful of milk before bed this night as I needed to drink something. Worst. Decision. Ever. The pain was excrutiating. I went to sleep that night on the sofa, and my dad was awake a while on the chair just along from me. I barely slept that night, I can't quite guess why but I don't think when I'm sleeping, I'm swallowing so that's wakening me up I think.
Day 4(Today): Still taking my medicine four times a day, of course. Anything to get rid of this terrible pain and discomfort. I put a glass of water in the freezer to turn to ice to hopefully drink later in the day. I walked from my parents to my house and I felt like I was going to stop breathing with the walk, I was so tired, sore and swollen. At this point, I had a "weak" moment and I can say that no illness ever has made me feel that way. I'm sitting here at nearly half past eleven at night and I'm scared to sleep because the thought of my throat swelling and me being unable to breathe. I'm taking Honey and Lemon Lockets and they're nipping my throat yet it's kind of relieving in a weird way. I've not long taken my water out of the freezer and tried to drink some as it melted and even now, it's unbearable. I'm considering not sleeping tonight and calling the doctor in the morning and telling him that I honestly cannot deal with this.
In the past four days, I've had a sip of milk, a couple sips of water and a spoon of yoghurt which I choked on. I'm so scared of the malnutrition and dehydration side of the things and the thought of not being able to breathe.
I don't know what to do. I've had "weak" moments a few times in only four days. I just want to be able to drink water or swallow my own saliva.
I've broke bones in my spine from a fall in the past and I'd rather do that again because they give you morphine and the pain is gone almost instantly. There actually never seems to be anything for me that stops the pain when it comes to tonsillitis.
The only up side to this is, my partner has promised when I'm better to cook me my first meal. He's promised it'll be big, tasty and with lots of mayonnaise(because it's my favourite). Then a scrumptious dessert. I can't complain at that but I just wish it was now.
I know a lot of these posts are old but I thought I'd comment now, just because I can't sleep. Hope you guys all found solutions to your experience of this horrible illness.
Hi Steph, did you ever figure out anything here? I am having the same symptoms and am getting a little concerned. I don't have insurance and have been to the doctor twice followed by antibiotics both times with little to no effect.
Hope you found relief and could share.
Thanks,
Todd
Hi Josephine, did you ever figure out anything here? I am having the same symptoms and am getting a little concerned. I don't have insurance and have been to the doctor twice followed by antibiotics both times with little to no effect.
Hope you found relief and could share.
Thanks,
Todd
Hi Pratik, did you ever figure out anything here? I am having the same symptoms and am getting a little concerned. I don't have insurance and have been to the doctor twice followed by antibiotics both times with little to no effect.
Hope you found relief and could share.
Thanks,
Todd