I appear to have bacterial tonsillitis
any suggestions to make it better? typical that these things always show up on a Saturday morning when I can't get to the GP for antibiotics
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Sat 2 Jul 2005, 17:55, archived)

Would gargling mouthwash maybe help?

( hoifbjifbef, Sat 2 Jul 2005, 17:56, archived)

Gargle with salt water
Helps soothe the throat.
( Rev. A-MOL is lurking around these parts again, Sat 2 Jul 2005, 17:56, archived)

I've been doing that all day
and it's not helping this time. I've also used honey to no noticable effect
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Sat 2 Jul 2005, 17:57, archived)

see if your pharmacist has
an anesthetic spray that will go directly to your throat and not in your mouth.

I would see about the emergency doc, if it's not easing off slightly you could end up very sick indeed, and so will the sprogs.
( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Sat 2 Jul 2005, 17:59, archived)

Lozenges. They be anesthetic?

( hoifbjifbef, Sat 2 Jul 2005, 18:00, archived)

they only make your mouth numb though
they do ease your throat, but only slightly.
( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Sat 2 Jul 2005, 18:03, archived)

I'll need to try and get out tomorrow then
everywhere will be shut now. I have a feeling though that the last time I tried to get some of that stuff for a throat infection I couldn't have it cos of breastfeeding. or maybe I was pregnant. I'll need to check.
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Sat 2 Jul 2005, 18:03, archived)

gargle tcp.
or drown yourself in lemsip.
( toxie, Sat 2 Jul 2005, 17:57, archived)

tcp pcp

You'll soon forget about that throat...
( sprinkles ITS AN ISLAND, morron, Sat 2 Jul 2005, 18:19, archived)

gargle with salt water
and eat toast and honey.

You might also want to try milk and honey drink.

/had 8 bouts of bacterial tonsillitis and quinsy before having tonsills out.
( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Sat 2 Jul 2005, 17:57, archived)

milk and honey is good
gargling with dissolvable aspirin also helps (if you're not allergic to it/taking anything else)
( Sygiinu, Sat 2 Jul 2005, 18:01, archived)

do you warm the milk so the honey dissolves?
it sounds vile, I hate milk as a drink, though maybe with honey it would be ok. I can't take aspirin though
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Sat 2 Jul 2005, 18:05, archived)

yes
heat the milk up in a pan or in the nuker, then stir the honey in.
( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Sat 2 Jul 2005, 18:06, archived)

I used to get really bad, recurrent tonsillitis in my early 20s
and was about to have my tonsils out when it all stopped. I used to just use ibuprofen, salt water gargles and Soothers and that was enough. this time it's not helping. *mutter grumble*
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Sat 2 Jul 2005, 18:02, archived)

get them removed
it's painful, but I felt about a million times better for it. I only realised quite how run down it was making me, when I recovered from the op and realised that for the first time in about a year I didn't have a sore throat.
( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Sat 2 Jul 2005, 18:05, archived)

my appointment to see about it
was shortly after it all suddenly cleared up (with a rather attractive Antonio Banderas-lookey-likey doctor, complete with accent who had my mum practically drooling) so the doctor wouldn't take them out. I wasn't keen on the idea anyway
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Sat 2 Jul 2005, 18:07, archived)

The honey stuff is what I used
when I had something similar about a year ago, but it only really worked for me for 30 seconds after I used it, so ended up drinking it like tea.
( Druid, Sat 2 Jul 2005, 18:02, archived)

gargle with DDT

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Sat 2 Jul 2005, 18:00, archived)

suck my penis

(Quatermass and teh Shit, Sat 2 Jul 2005, 18:02, archived)