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Would Having Severe Neck Pain,tonsillitis Be Due To Quitting Of Smoking?
i quit smoking.. after 1-2weeks of quit smoking i had a fever sever neck pain and acute tonsillitis, i go to doctor and gave me a medicines 3xa day clindamaycin and paracetamol.. after a few days it become better but not totally cure because their still a lumps. and now its almost 8weeks my throat still have lumps. is it normal?
Wed, 17 Sep 2014
Well, the medicines would work on the vast majority of tonsillitis. It is quite possible that smoking may injure protective linings of the respiratory tract and the ability to Clear or Get Rid Of infections quickly could be impaired by it.
Lymph nodes can easily take weeks to cllear. I cannot comment on your specific ones without examining you directly.
Lymph nodes can easily take weeks to cllear. I cannot comment on your specific ones without examining you directly.
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