Toots24
26-02-16, 04:42
Hello all, My first post ...
This is a bit of a long story but I'll try to keep it short. I have GAD and have had a few health issues in the last year that have brought out health anxiety which is an unfortunate addition to all my other anxieties!
I've been having a lot of issues with viral illnesses in the last 5 or so months, clogged ears causing frequent ear infections - sometimes they went away on their own sometimes I needed antibiotics (haven't had one since Christmas, touch wood!) general congestion, basically i have a constant feeling of malaise that won't budge.
I actually started to feel a little better for 1 or 2 days when the familiar feeling of 'coming down with something' came on. Long story short I've had a sore throat for about 3 weeks, swollen tonsils, on and off fever, pus on one side although strangely the tonsil without pus is usually more painful and it looks more swollen than the one with pus. The pain honestly isn't excruciating I have had worse but its starting to throb and I can feel throbbing in my ears. I've had 10 days of penicillin v which haven't helped I finished that course today, my doctor took a blood test for glandular fever and a throat swab I haven't had the results yet. He said he wouldn't give me anymore antibiotics which is causing me stress because I feel like I need another antibiotic since its been 3 weeks now. I had tonsillitis a few times as a teenager and it always went away quickly with penicillin so I'm really getting myself upset wondering why it hasn't worked this time.
I have been gargling with salty water and more recently with bicarbonate of soda which interestingly takes some of the pus away but it seems to just come back? I'm taking regular paracetamol and ibruprofen, I have a numbing throat spray, I've been drinking lots of water and tea with honey - I'm really doing everything that I possibly can.
My anxiety is so severe that I keep having to stop myself from going to a&e because I'm so worried of complications or something bad happening. I don't feel like it's glandular fever, to me it seems bacterial and I'm worried the longer this goes on the more likely something bad will happen. Googling things are only making it worse I know every possible complication from it and some are pretty bad, I also saw an article about a 20 year old who died from tonsillitis recently. Doesn't help my anxiety at all I know I shouldn't do it but I always feel like the more I know and the more aware of symptoms of complications the more chance I have at recognising it and getting help right away - sounds crazy I know.
I have amoxicillin at home that I was given a couple of months ago for a sinus infection, i was told to start taking them if my phlegm turned green which it never did so I have them still and am tempted to start taking them.
Is there anyone out there who's had swollen tonsils with pus for this long and survived to tell the tale? Some reassurance would be nice,
Sorry this post is a bit all over the place - it's 4.30 in the morning and I can't sleep because of of the stress of it all
This is a bit of a long story but I'll try to keep it short. I have GAD and have had a few health issues in the last year that have brought out health anxiety which is an unfortunate addition to all my other anxieties!
I've been having a lot of issues with viral illnesses in the last 5 or so months, clogged ears causing frequent ear infections - sometimes they went away on their own sometimes I needed antibiotics (haven't had one since Christmas, touch wood!) general congestion, basically i have a constant feeling of malaise that won't budge.
I actually started to feel a little better for 1 or 2 days when the familiar feeling of 'coming down with something' came on. Long story short I've had a sore throat for about 3 weeks, swollen tonsils, on and off fever, pus on one side although strangely the tonsil without pus is usually more painful and it looks more swollen than the one with pus. The pain honestly isn't excruciating I have had worse but its starting to throb and I can feel throbbing in my ears. I've had 10 days of penicillin v which haven't helped I finished that course today, my doctor took a blood test for glandular fever and a throat swab I haven't had the results yet. He said he wouldn't give me anymore antibiotics which is causing me stress because I feel like I need another antibiotic since its been 3 weeks now. I had tonsillitis a few times as a teenager and it always went away quickly with penicillin so I'm really getting myself upset wondering why it hasn't worked this time.
I have been gargling with salty water and more recently with bicarbonate of soda which interestingly takes some of the pus away but it seems to just come back? I'm taking regular paracetamol and ibruprofen, I have a numbing throat spray, I've been drinking lots of water and tea with honey - I'm really doing everything that I possibly can.
My anxiety is so severe that I keep having to stop myself from going to a&e because I'm so worried of complications or something bad happening. I don't feel like it's glandular fever, to me it seems bacterial and I'm worried the longer this goes on the more likely something bad will happen. Googling things are only making it worse I know every possible complication from it and some are pretty bad, I also saw an article about a 20 year old who died from tonsillitis recently. Doesn't help my anxiety at all I know I shouldn't do it but I always feel like the more I know and the more aware of symptoms of complications the more chance I have at recognising it and getting help right away - sounds crazy I know.
I have amoxicillin at home that I was given a couple of months ago for a sinus infection, i was told to start taking them if my phlegm turned green which it never did so I have them still and am tempted to start taking them.
Is there anyone out there who's had swollen tonsils with pus for this long and survived to tell the tale? Some reassurance would be nice,
Sorry this post is a bit all over the place - it's 4.30 in the morning and I can't sleep because of of the stress of it all