hello, besides an antibiotic, is there anything OTC that i can use to get rid of Pharyngitis? thanks alot..
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not that I know of. It usually will go away within a week or so. Doing gargles can help some. Also the less you talk the better it will be for your throat. Lozenges are another good thing to help along with some chloraspectic spray. It numbs the throat and can help relieve any local discomfort.
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Do you have a fever? Chances are you have strep throat an d need antibiotics. Also, soups are only good for colds and flus. With a sore throat drink super cold and/or super hot things. Also, I recommend taking Airborne for about a week. It's gross but the lemon flovor is tolerable. This has tons of vitamins to help your immune system kick in. Good luck, hope you're feeling better soon.
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the one that works for me is: firstly, i took a 500mg pain reliever for 2 days-for less intense pain. secondly, i always brush my teeth with sensodyne toothpaste & after that, i gargle with an antiseptic mouthwash Listerine (orange) and thank God, it definitely a big relief on mine!\ni hope that you achieve the same result too! goodluck!
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that fast...try lemon juice without the tea as others have said. we would use that for cheerleading! and, i've never heard of throat yogurt, wow.
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Other than cough drops and numbing sprays heat up some lemonaid and drink it hot. Works wonders. Thats what I did when I was pregnant and couldn't take medicines. If the sore throat lasts long you may want to see a doctor and make sure it's not strep.
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Without medication will be tough if it is truly an infection, but drinking more clear fluids and a humidifier may help.  If you go with over the counter type medicine, try sudafed, afrin, and a pain reliever.  It may require an antibiotic though :(
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No over-the-counter (OTC) medications can cure acute sinusitis. But some OTC medications and other home remedies may help reduce pain and congestion associated with sinusitis. These remedies include:\n\n- Spraying a saline solution in your nose several times a day to relieve stuffiness \n- Inhaling steam from a bowl of hot — not boiling — water several times a day \n- Taking over-the-counter pain relievers \n- Applying warm compresses to your nose, cheeks and eyes \n- Drinking additional fluids \n\nActually, most cases of sinusitis are cured without antibiotics, but I hope these remedies at least make it better for tonight.\n\nAnd happy birthday!
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To kill germs in your throat, mix salt into a glass of warm water so that the mixture is quite salty, and gargle the solution. Do this at least a few times a day. Works for me if I do it often enough.\n\nIf it does come on, taking paracetemol will help the symptoms.
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Since your throat only hurts on and off it is probably due to draining of the sinuses.  You can gargle with salt water to help the soreness.  For the congestion, I would suggest you go and take a nice hot shower, and let it spray on the base of your head, that should help at least temporarily.  You didn't say what the antibiotic is, but it's probably some sort of penicillin.  If you take it, just make sure you drink plenty of water with it, and watch for signs of allergic reaction.\nAlso, a decongestant/antihistamine should help also.\nGood Luck.
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try gargling with salt water and taking some aspirins, but more than likely you need an antibiotic so best bet is to see a doctor. whatever you do dont scrape anything off your tonsills with a needle. thats barbaric!
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Try mixing honey and lemon is a cup of hot water...the honey will soothe your throat...thats what i do...and seems to work...Good Luck..and get well soon!!
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yeah, in our family, we found out that when you take some Lemon extract, add a LITTLE bit of water, and use it like lysterine, but not in the place of... just "Gargle" it, and spit it out, and do that sevral times a day... and that should work...
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yeah, you need to give your larynx a rest.  Keep talking at a minimum.  Drink lots of fluids, I heard gargling salt water might help, but I don't know.  Hot lemonade works for sore throats, I don't know about laryngitis.  Did you go to the M.D.?
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Try gargling with warm salt water.....that is usually the best way to relieve a sore throat..
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Dilute lemon juice with some warm water and add honey. Drink about 2 ounces 3 X day. \n\nWarm salt water gargle for sore throat.\n\nCold saline solution to the nose via a dropper.\n\nIt should go away in 2-3 days. If it does not, see a doctor.
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Since you are a  teenager it may be hormones.\nAcne is also link to bacterial infections.  An antibiotic will help majorly.\n\n\nProactiv worked for me as far as OTC goes. \nDifferingel works wonders but you need a prescription.
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There are other strong medicines that you may need to take. Other antibiotics that belongs to a different classification. The best thing to do is to see ENT, have a culture throat swab culture(which is important) we never know maybe the strep and other bacteria have developed resistance already with the one you are taking now(penicillin) so it will not work anymore.\nAlso, have soft diet, so it wont cause must pain when you swallow. Yes, drink a lot of fluids. Salt water may just irritate your throat, better to stop it. Use betadine gargle or any oral antiseptic 3x daily.\nHope you feel better soon.