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Can barely swallow, chills, fever, difficulty breathing at times, swollen red throat, tender glands, white stuff on tonsils, loss of appetite, headache?

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See a doctor: Sounds like an active infection that requires treatment. See a doctor!

Dr Pack and another doctor agreed

Answered 2/18/2014

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