Dear Dr, I am having quite a terrible time with continual inflammation of my submandibular glands, and just general discomfort around my neck area. The symptoms all started about 6weeks ago with hugely inflammed tonsils and larynx accompanied by a bit of pyrexia and pain on swallowing. My Dr prescribed Phenomethylpenicillin + NSAIDS. This helped to clear it up and everything seemed fine after a week s course. Sadly, my head and neck area have just never really felt 100% normal since then. The submandibular glands inflammation really escalated about 3weeks ago...pain, discomfort and headache are worse in the evenings and slightly or sometimes much better during the day. Also, when I turn in bed at night, while asleep, my left ear feels as though it is slightly blocked but this feeling subsides during the day, albeit it still feels slightly uncomfortable. My appetite has not changed and I am not losing any significant weight. I m also not having any major systemic symptoms as everything seems to be weirdly confined to my head and neck. There is also persistent, intermittent inflammation of my nose tip. The pain and redness associated with this nose tip inflammation normally lasts about 3days before reappearing about a week later etc. The nose tip inflammation has been going on like this for about 4months-that is about 10weeks before the bilateral submandibular gland inflammation. Do you reckon these are all connected? What exactly is going on with my health, and what advice would you give? I impatiently look forward to reading from you. Cheers