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Have Cold Sore In Throat. Used Anti-bacterial Gargle. Any Help?

Hi. I v had a cold sore on the left side in the back of my throat which is something I have from time to time. Iv used an anti bacterial to gargle with and it seemed to go away in the normal way that it always does, until now, a few days later it has changed and it seems like it has started to eat away a little bit of the skin the the cold sore was on to beginn with, like it s created a whole where the original cold sore was. Any help on this would be great.
Mon, 11 Feb 2013
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Hi,

Welcome to Healthcaremagic.

The sorethroat you have now could be due to well established bacterial infection.

You will be needing a course of antibiotics to get cured from the infection.Do consult your treating doctor for the same.Meanwhile do gargle with a better anti septic solution like CHLORHEXIDINE twice daily after food.This will contain the infection.

Wish you good health.

Regards,
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Have Cold Sore In Throat. Used Anti-bacterial Gargle. Any Help?

Hi, Welcome to Healthcaremagic. The sorethroat you have now could be due to well established bacterial infection. You will be needing a course of antibiotics to get cured from the infection.Do consult your treating doctor for the same.Meanwhile do gargle with a better anti septic solution like CHLORHEXIDINE twice daily after food.This will contain the infection. Wish you good health. Regards,