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What Causes Sore Neck Glands And Blocked Ears?

18 year old female, had what was believed to be very bad tonsillitis in december 2010, since then had swollen glands in neck under jaw line each side, worse on right, tested for glandular fever but didn't have that, lately I am feeling breathless and often feel congested and have sinus problems (blocked ears, catarrah etc) and gland is getting more sore, it goes up and down each day many times and I feel constantly tired, also had heavy numb feeling in left arm a lot more recently, what could it be?
Fri, 19 Jan 2018
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dear user

first i would like to tell you that these symptoms you have refer mainly to have throat infection bacterial or viral.....in your case mostly you have streptococcal infection that need investigation with ASO test........if you have stress or anxiety it causes impairment of immunity and recurrent infection............ we require blood test or throat swab if symptoms get severe or recurrent infection but now you not need that.........if prolonged or recurrent occur you can do antibiotic sensitivity test as selection of antibiotic according to sensitivity has great role in strept infection because the bacteria may resist antibiotics...........


about swelling of glands you have ...most commonly cause that matches your words is tonsillitis accompaigned with swelling lymph nodes of neck......bacterial infection of the tonsills causes fatigue and swelling around temple ,muscle pain,mild fever ...symptoms can vary from person to another.....


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What Causes Sore Neck Glands And Blocked Ears?

dear user first i would like to tell you that these symptoms you have refer mainly to have throat infection bacterial or viral.....in your case mostly you have streptococcal infection that need investigation with ASO test........if you have stress or anxiety it causes impairment of immunity and recurrent infection............ we require blood test or throat swab if symptoms get severe or recurrent infection but now you not need that.........if prolonged or recurrent occur you can do antibiotic sensitivity test as selection of antibiotic according to sensitivity has great role in strept infection because the bacteria may resist antibiotics........... about swelling of glands you have ...most commonly cause that matches your words is tonsillitis accompaigned with swelling lymph nodes of neck......bacterial infection of the tonsills causes fatigue and swelling around temple ,muscle pain,mild fever ...symptoms can vary from person to another..... wish you healthy life