Twisted-Melody
04-04-17, 10:36
Hello. I've had a sore throat on and off for nearly 2 months now. There is no fever or cough.
At first, I believe I caught a bug on public transport. I woke with a sore throat which lasted about 4-5 days and then went away. About 2-3 days later, it came back and felt like it affected the other side of my throat. I felt unwell and general malaise a couple of days when it first started, and thought it might be flu. I'd spit up about 1 mucus blob a day, usually when talking, and rarely it would have blood in it. The blob is usually hard and circular shaped. Anyway, it disappeared.
I then went to a conference and had to speak a lot. This made my sore throat come back, and I nearly lost my voice. I was back to spitting up a blob a day or so. When I got back, it took nearly 2 weeks to clear up. The mucus became less frequent, and I felt completely better. I then decided to sing... Well, this brought it all back again. It's been a week and a half since then, and I started to feel better again. Over the weekend, though, my throat felt sore... at the sides, almost a muscular pain. My glands don't seem to be enlarged either. I did a lot of talking, and today, I've spit up another mucus blob which was much worse than the one 2 days prior. I thought it had cleared up, but I feel pretty unwell today.
What's going on? Is my voice strained? I'm surprised it would make me feel ill like this, and take so long to heal. I've been really tired the last couple of weeks too, and worry it's because of this.
As the sore throat is coming and going, I haven't seen a doctor about it. My tonsils, glands etc all seem fine.
At first, I believe I caught a bug on public transport. I woke with a sore throat which lasted about 4-5 days and then went away. About 2-3 days later, it came back and felt like it affected the other side of my throat. I felt unwell and general malaise a couple of days when it first started, and thought it might be flu. I'd spit up about 1 mucus blob a day, usually when talking, and rarely it would have blood in it. The blob is usually hard and circular shaped. Anyway, it disappeared.
I then went to a conference and had to speak a lot. This made my sore throat come back, and I nearly lost my voice. I was back to spitting up a blob a day or so. When I got back, it took nearly 2 weeks to clear up. The mucus became less frequent, and I felt completely better. I then decided to sing... Well, this brought it all back again. It's been a week and a half since then, and I started to feel better again. Over the weekend, though, my throat felt sore... at the sides, almost a muscular pain. My glands don't seem to be enlarged either. I did a lot of talking, and today, I've spit up another mucus blob which was much worse than the one 2 days prior. I thought it had cleared up, but I feel pretty unwell today.
What's going on? Is my voice strained? I'm surprised it would make me feel ill like this, and take so long to heal. I've been really tired the last couple of weeks too, and worry it's because of this.
As the sore throat is coming and going, I haven't seen a doctor about it. My tonsils, glands etc all seem fine.