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What Causes Red And Swollen Uvula And Tonsils?

My mouth feel dry and it is hard to eat and drink anything except water and I am coughing up brown mucous. This has been going on for four days now. Yesterday I let my coworker know about the brown mucous and they said I may have an infection. Then they looked in my mouth and saw that my uvula and tonsils were red and swollen. Do you know what could possibly be wrong with me and ways I can treat it.
Mon, 13 Nov 2017
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Hi..
Thanks for the query..

Red and swollen uvula and tonsils along with coughing up of brown mucous are a sign of throat infection causing TONSILLITIS and UVULITIS..

It can be either due to bacterial or viral infection leading to inflammation of throat and bleeding can occur in throat which dries up and can appear with mucous and leads to brown colour..

You should not worry and start aking AZITHROMYCIN 500 mg once a day for 5 days..
Take IBUPROFEN 400 mg thrice a day for reducing pain and inflammation.
Chew a Vitamin C pellet daily..
Do warm saline gargles atleast 3 to 4 times a day..
Take a soft diet..
Avoid spicy and hard foods..
Drink plenty of water to prevent dryness and dehydration..

Hope this helps..

Regards..
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What Causes Red And Swollen Uvula And Tonsils?

Hi.. Thanks for the query.. Red and swollen uvula and tonsils along with coughing up of brown mucous are a sign of throat infection causing TONSILLITIS and UVULITIS.. It can be either due to bacterial or viral infection leading to inflammation of throat and bleeding can occur in throat which dries up and can appear with mucous and leads to brown colour.. You should not worry and start aking AZITHROMYCIN 500 mg once a day for 5 days.. Take IBUPROFEN 400 mg thrice a day for reducing pain and inflammation. Chew a Vitamin C pellet daily.. Do warm saline gargles atleast 3 to 4 times a day.. Take a soft diet.. Avoid spicy and hard foods.. Drink plenty of water to prevent dryness and dehydration.. Hope this helps.. Regards..