Hello, I am having some fairly severe throat pain when I swallow with fairly swollen tonsils and painful lymph nodes on the neck. This has been going on for about 3 days with the painful swallowing, and the swollen tonsils have been going on for nearly 2 weeks. I visited a Dr. and they ruled out strep throat, but the pain has increased substantially over the last couple of days. I would like to know if/when I should visit the Dr. again or if a trip to the ER is needed, as the pain tonight is getting pretty severe.