What may have caused it?

1. Throat infection
2. As part of common cold
3. Foreign body in the throat e.g., fish bone

What you may notice:

• Pain while swallowing
• Change in voice
• Redness in the throat with or without presence of whitish materials in the throat
• There may be headaches and fever
• There may be discrete swellings in the neck

What you can do

1. Get plenty of rest
2. Drink warm fluids
3. Warm salt-water gaggle
4. You may lick throat lozenges e.g. strepsils, dequadin
5. You may use analgesics e.g. paracetamol, ibuprofen
6. Antibiotics may help, visit a clinic for appropriate prescription

See your doctor especially if

• Your throat is red
• Your temperature is high

You have a new skin rash