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What Causes Soreness In Throat?

Hi, my sister had suffered a severe throat pain a month ago for about 10 hrs. It started early in the morning at 3am. She was unable to swallow anything, not even saliva and unable to turn her head. She was not able to speak either. She is 18 yrs old. We took her to ENT specialist and they did some tests and Scan. We were told that she was fine and nothing to worry. He told it might be due to lack of potassium levels in the body. They gave some medicines asked her to take them if the appears again. Yesterday again she suffered with soar throat for about one hour. We are worried a lot. Please suggest some thing like what might be the exact reason and whom to consult.
Fri, 19 Sep 2014
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Hello
Thank You for contacting HCM.

There could be two possibilities for the symptoms you have mentioned. First, she is having some problem in her daily life which she is unable to express in front of anyone and causing the symptoms or she wants to grab attention of the family members. Second, it could be due to severe throat infection but in this case it will not settle in a matter of hrs. Throat infection takes atleast 2-3 days to improve.
I would recommend you following things:
> Try to talk to her with affection and ask if she wants to share anything or having any problem.
> Take a cup of hot water, add 1 table spoon salt and perform gargles(mouth wash) with it. It will give soothing effect to throat.


AVOID:
> Scolding her that she is bluffing
> Chilled water
> Spicy food
> Drinks

Hope this answers your question. If you have additional questions or follow
up questions then please do not hesitate in writing to us.
Wishing her good health.
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What Causes Soreness In Throat?

Hello Thank You for contacting HCM. There could be two possibilities for the symptoms you have mentioned. First, she is having some problem in her daily life which she is unable to express in front of anyone and causing the symptoms or she wants to grab attention of the family members. Second, it could be due to severe throat infection but in this case it will not settle in a matter of hrs. Throat infection takes atleast 2-3 days to improve. I would recommend you following things: Try to talk to her with affection and ask if she wants to share anything or having any problem. Take a cup of hot water, add 1 table spoon salt and perform gargles(mouth wash) with it. It will give soothing effect to throat. AVOID: Scolding her that she is bluffing Chilled water Spicy food Drinks Hope this answers your question. If you have additional questions or follow up questions then please do not hesitate in writing to us. Wishing her good health.