hello and welcome to HCM, I am Dr Sriram Nathan an ENT surgeon who has treated thousands with throat problems over the years and I will try to help you out with your problem. At the offset let me assure you that it may just be an reflux or a mild recovering infection which you are suffering from and in all probability it will become better in a week or so from now. In any case you need to relax and do these immediately: -Start an anti reflux tablet like pantoprazole along with a multivitamin like the zincovit. These will help your throat to be resistant to irritation and also keep the reflux under check. Your doctor will know about these medications. -Take salt water gargle with warm water at least twice a day. -Unless you do not have severe pain or other symptoms you do not need to take antibiotics or pain killers. -Take only bland non oily and non spicy diet with lots of green leafy vegetables for the next one week -Avoid anything spicy, oily or high flavoured Wait for a week or two for these to work and if that does not improve your condition then you must take an endoscopy of the upper GI and also throat swab along with complete blood profile and get back to me or any ENT surgeon with the reports. hope this helps Take care and get well soon regards Dr Sriram Nathan