My Son and Heir is being treated for strep, and I have had a sore throat for a few days: draw your own conclusions.
So I went into to get it checked out and while it didn’t register a positive culture on the spot, I was sent away with some things to try. One of this is a throat coating mixture of Benadryl®™ and Maalox®™ 1 tsp each. Interestingly, it works quite well at soothing the throat, and doesn’t taste quite as vile as expected. My secret might be due to the use of a small irrigation syringe left over from the days of medicating smaller patients. Mix the concoction in that, shake it, and squirt it up and past the tongue for best effect.
The LPA said my throat and roof of my mouth looked “viral”, ie red and inflamed, so we’ll see if the longer term culture registers anything. My guess is this is already on the ebb: swabbing the nastiness actually brought relief, rather than a more intense pain.
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