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Thanks for contacting HCM with your health concern
1. As
strep test was negative and still fever is continuing, consult an ENT Doctor for further examination and management:
i. He will inspect the throat with a good torch ad
tongue depressor to look out for following possibilities:
- whether tonsils are red & inflamed with tender tonsillar lymph nodes below the angle of mandible [acute tonsillitis]
- whether entire throat i.e. posterior pharyngeal wall is inflamed [acute pharyngitis]
- are there inflamed rough granules over the posterior pharyngeal wall [granular pharyngitis]
- If he sees a
white patch anywhere in the throat he might suspect ' diphtheria'
ii. whatever be the cause, management of them remain the same:
. steam inhalation: 3-4 times a day.
. warm salt water gargles.
. voice rest and rest at home.
. take hot drinks to sip, avoid fried foods, cold drinks, ice cream, oily food
. Antibiotic, in either case, would be azithromycin/
erythromycin and syrup ibuprofen and
paracetamol for symptomatic relief from pain and fever
PS. If however fever still continues, check with an Infectious disease specialist [as amoebic dysentery is the most common cause and he might give a course of Flagyl or Tinidazole]