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The doctor at the er said i have tonsillitis and strep throat and its been almost five days now and been taking my antibiotics but its not helping ive been having sharp pains and my tonsils are still really swollen. sometimes i can barley swollow my own s
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Strep throat: Strep throat should be responding by now. You need a recheck with your primary care physician. In addition a test for mono should be done. Strep throat and mono look the same. You didn't say whether a culture was done at the ER. If not you could have mono not strep.
Answered 12/7/2015
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