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What Causes Pain In Left Side Of Throat And Difficulty Swallowing?

I had a Light pain on the left side of my throat for few days and suddenly today I swallow and the pain increase and grabs all of my trahquea. I touch my Adams apple and hurts. It feels that something is wrong with the left side. Is it something that I need to worry. I swim every other day.
Mon, 1 Dec 2014
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Hi, you seem to be having acute pharyngitis and the initial light pain was the beginning of may be a viral infection which gradually got superimposed with bacterial infection. Pain near your adams apple is mostlikely because of inflammation of the submandibular lymphnodes. Please do steam inhalation, antiseptic gargles and take an analgesic and things should be fine in a day or two. In case the problem persists or increases please consult an ENT and you may need to start an antibiotic. Regards
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What Causes Pain In Left Side Of Throat And Difficulty Swallowing?

Hi, you seem to be having acute pharyngitis and the initial light pain was the beginning of may be a viral infection which gradually got superimposed with bacterial infection. Pain near your adams apple is mostlikely because of inflammation of the submandibular lymphnodes. Please do steam inhalation, antiseptic gargles and take an analgesic and things should be fine in a day or two. In case the problem persists or increases please consult an ENT and you may need to start an antibiotic. Regards