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Reason for sore throat feeling when i swallow that comes and goes? smoker 25 years old.

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Dr. Kevin Smith answered

See an ENT doctor: Tonsillitis. Irritation from smoking. Allergy drainage. Visit an ENT doctor and stop smoking.

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Answered 6/10/2014

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