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What Causes Sudden Loss Of Voice And Painful Scratchy Throat?
I drank a Strawberry-Kiwi Snapple yesterday, and my throat started bothering me. I woke up this morning to a voice that was completely gone, and a scratchy a throat. It pains me to swallow and it really hurts. What should I do an do you have any idea what might ve caused this?
Thu, 21 May 2015
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Thank you for asking HCM.
I have gone through your query. Your problem can be due to inflammation of throat or viral infection. Taking warm fluids like chicken soup with pepper and lemon tea will be helpful. You can also take chewable vitamin C. Throat lozenges also will be helpful. If no improvement or there is yellowish or thick phlegm then approach your GP and in such case you might need antibiotics.
Hope this may help you. Let me know if anything not clear.
Thanks.
Thank you for asking HCM.
I have gone through your query. Your problem can be due to inflammation of throat or viral infection. Taking warm fluids like chicken soup with pepper and lemon tea will be helpful. You can also take chewable vitamin C. Throat lozenges also will be helpful. If no improvement or there is yellowish or thick phlegm then approach your GP and in such case you might need antibiotics.
Hope this may help you. Let me know if anything not clear.
Thanks.
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