Ok, yesterday i started getting a sore throat, didnt really think much of it..... took some lempsips and halls extra strong things.

Woke up this morning in absolute agony!!

I could barely swallow ( no jokes please! ) and barely move my jaw ( again, no jokes please! ) and every time i swallowed ( you know what im going to say....) it was pure hell!

Well, i got some Difflam spray today which is supposed to numb my throat, but its done bugger all!

Well, as the day has gone on im pretty sure its got worse, and the left side of my fave is really swollen, and im struggling to swallow.....

Do i wait til the morning to see if its got any better or do i call the emergency docs??

 

NHS direct or emergency doctors.

Its not normal to not be able to eat/drink at all and have a huge swollen face from a throat bug.

You alergic to anything???

Is it effecting breathing much??? If your struggling to breathe then A+E/ambulance.

 

NHS direct or emergency doctors.

Its not normal to not be able to eat/drink at all and have a huge swollen face from a throat bug.

You alergic to anything???

Is it effecting breathing much??? If your struggling to breathe then A+E/ambulance.

 

Sounds like you've been knocked around hun, www.bashedupwives.co.uk may be of help.

 

Warren - im ok breating, because i can breath through my nose, breathing through my throat hurts a little.

 

Id wait but I come from a family that only goes to the doctors when we're literally dying!

 

NHS direct/emergency doc then!!

The swelling on face seems odd for a sore throat.

(im hoping this wont post it twice Not like you need telling twice )

 

NHS direct/emergency doc then!!

The swelling on face seems odd for a sore throat.

(im hoping this wont post it twice Not like you need telling twice )

 

Oh FFS

 

XRT - im the same, i only go to the doc if it is REALLY needed!

Will finish the photo comp post and then have a look at the NHS site!

 

ive had a proper sore throat and not been able to breath out my nose for last couple of days but i put that down to man flu!! think i trip to the doctors might be advisable

 

I dont have any cold symptoms at all though!

 

you ring NHS direct then they note it down and a nurse rings you back if needs be and tells you what to do next. Actually quite good in my experience (strange for the NHS ) but you need to be totally honest on symptoms and not "play it down" so they can make a proper assessment based on what you say.

 

I would go and get it checked Maria. Even if it's something and nothing, they may be able to releave some pain which is always good. On the other hand, you could leave saying 'If I hadn't gone the doctors when I did...'

Benni.

 

maria you pay enough each month for the nhs,

if your in pain like that get an emergency appointment at your doctors.

sounds nasty, i hate sore throats!

 

Go get it checked hun ! Sounds painful, better to be safe than sorry !

 

hmmmmmm

well the photo thread is now done, so, will ring that NHS thingy now!

 

Well thats wonderful.... i type in my symptons and get this!!

https://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/SAT/Top...Emergency.aspx

 

could be glandular fever, sounds similar,ive had it twice and ended up in hospital for a month the last time, you end up not being able to swallow even your own saliva and you cant open your mouth more than a couple of mm,hope it isnt that though

 

typical

I can imagine a recorded message on the 999 line " Im sorry we are unable to take your call at the moment due to NHS not paying the bill. If your injury is life threatening please ring 752859876209 for your local mortuary service"

 

typical

I can imagine a recorded message on the 999 line " Im sorry we are unable to take your call at the moment due to NHS not paying the bill. If your injury is life threatening please ring 752859876209 for your local mortuary service"

 

sounds like kippin with your gob open, either that or you yap too much and your cake hole needs a rest

 

ring the number....chop chop

 

the nhs line normally says go to the hospital and get it checked if its that bad better to go and find out what it is and get some antibiotics and pain killers now than have to spend some time there if it is some thing serious and get well soon

 

On the phone to them now!

 

Oh and if your going to hospital you better hurry so you dont get caught up with the pissheads in A+E A+E should be full in a few hours

 

bloody hope its not glandular fever!

Flying out to Dubai on Wednesday!

They say a nurse will call me within the next hour!

 

I was pretty much the same when I got tonsillitis, eating ice cream eases the symptoms, but you really need to see the docs. Worse case scenario is glandular fever.

 

Our local Doctor wrote an article in our weekly mag along the lines of:

• Only come into my surgery if you are dying - if you are really dying don't actually come in; go straight to a&e
• Only ring NHS direct if you want to be told to call an ambulance and go to a&e
• If you come in with an other symptoms, your a pussy, stay away and it will fix itself in a week or two.

Tosser

 

try the other great invention! the telephone

better over the phone in my experience,sometimes you need to be told to go to the hospital and if you need to then they will let you know.

 

 

the symptems you have !!!-------and still find time to come on passion ford!!!!!!
priorities aye????

 

when i was up the hospital the other day after the horse decided to try and remove my sisters thumb a women came in saying the nhs line told her to come in after she slept on her shoulder funny

 

Wow they called me back quickly!!

Nurse is on the phone to me now!

Aaron - it has nothing to do with 'time' - im on here because i enjoy being here and was asking peoples advice thats all

 

Hope it's not glandular fever babe it's really grim!! Let us know how you get on

 

thats funny because a guy at the local golf club phoned them with a sore back,was told to go in,had cancer and was given 4 weeks to live

no matter how small, there checklist might point you towards a hospital visit,better to go and not need than the opposite.

 

but to tell the people at the hospital she had slept on it funny is just stupid to go in for you now why it feels funny

 

Well, i have been told to crush paracetomol and take it with a yoghurt and then to mix 3 teaspoons of honey, with a squeeze of lemon into hot water and drink that!

 

Surely not!!!! From the symptoms you have described i would deffo say you need to see a doctor and possibly get some antibiotics!

 

She has said if my symptoms dont get anybetter within the next 48 hours then to either call them again or go to the doctors!

Or, if they get any worse, to call them again anyway! she said the main thing is i can move my neck, and my chin can touch my chest and i have no rash!