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Do I definitely have tonsillitis

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charlotte87800
charlotte87800

Hi. I woke up today with ear pain, a bit of a sore throat and feeling generally unwell.

I called my GP and they have prescribed me antibiotics over the phone without seeing me it was a receptionist that did it. I do have one enlarged tonsil with white puss filled holes with redness around them. How am I meant to know what I have if a doctor won't even see me? All opinions are valued.

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  • rocky31676
    rocky31676 charlotte87800

    Posted

    That's a dangerous thing to do. GP needs to get a swab test of your throat to confirm strep throat or some other bacterial infection before prescribing antibiotics. 

    This is how antibiotic resistance spreads not to mention destruction of good bacteria in your gut causing other ailments. 

     

    • charlotte87800
      charlotte87800 rocky31676

      Posted

      Thanks for the reply, I thought so myself. I think it's ridiculous that a reception send a request for antibiotics without a doctor seeing me.

  • rhonda1956
    rhonda1956 charlotte87800

    Posted

    Do u have a past history of tonsillitis?

    White stuff usually means tonsillitis. But in Australia we usually have 10 days before seeking help from doctor. Only then would u consider antibiotics. Some doctors are very anti antibiotics now.

    But it can take a few scripts of penicillin to get rid of bacterial infection of tonsils.

    So u make the decision to take them now or later yourself

    3 days of getting worse is normal

    3 days of being sick. Is normal

    3 days of getting better is normal

    Anything over that is not normal. But tonsillitis can be hard to shake off in some ppl. Even if it is viral and not bacterial

    It is those of us who are sick for months dispite treatment

    • charlotte87800
      charlotte87800 rhonda1956

      Posted

      Thanks for the reply.

      I'm on my 3 day now and this is the worse it's been. Very sore throat, feels raw and a cough.

      I live in n. Ireland and doctors barley have time to see anyone these days because of the stress of cuts from the NHS they have started to train the receptions to identify certain illnesses so they can give out medicine 👎

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