My throat was swollen.doc did a throat culture and it is strep throat c.left toncel still soreaalong with left side of my tounge and left ear. normal?

Referred pain: If you are just diagnosed the past two days and just started antibiotics, the pain might be less but still present, if you didn't have ear infection during your doctor's visit, the ear pain is most possible referred pain from the throat. Take some analgesics and see if it healps.

Yes: Strep infections can infect all the moist tissues in the nose and pharynx (throat). Pain and swelling are cardinal signs of inflammation. The bacterial infection can extend to the eustachian tube that connects the inner ear to the back of the throat--swelling closes the tube and causes earache. See your doc for antibiotics. Use: neilmed sinus rinse, salt water gargle and Ibuprofen 600 mg 4 x a day.