Can't shift this sore throat

Gargle a few times daily with warm salt water. Works every time for me. Look in 5he back of your throat with a flashlight and check for white spots or redness on either side of your throat. Cold be a minor infection or a bad sinus drip. Feel better soon...🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

I worked on a printing press my final years of working. Plenty chemicals that the company said were safe enough to drink. I lost my voice for six months once. People would still want to hold long distance conversations, yelling across the room, knowing they couldn't hear me. An Ear, Nose, and Throat Dr. I went to told me the warm salt water, but to also drink water with a lot of ice cubes in it, and that helped.
Recently, like the other day, I got some Belladonna online and dissolve five beads under my tongue and much of my normal inflammation has decreased. Belladonna is Nightshade, which could kill you, but I got mine from Amazon and followed directions. Evidently it doesn't take much.
LL, will have you in my thoughts and prayers. I would not worry about cancer, but some other issue.
David

I am remembering now that in Ireland they've banned all dips, as with the rest of the EU and UK. Sweden is the only country that they've allowed to continue manufacturing and using dips in. You could always make your own, so to speak, with some snuff and a pinch of salt, and just dip that. You could also maybe find someone willing to mail some into you. Customs aren't really on the lookout for tobacco.

Praying for you LL
For me a couple shots of whiskey with
a spoon of honey mixed in.Soothes and
numbs(after a little burn).Of course
I'm a big fan of scotch too,but thats
for other "ills".

Some medications can cause dry throat. Thyroid is one that can.

Boy oh boy, do I know that thought process. It's totally irrational. Stay away from WebMD! I have really bad anxiety, and I'm always dying from something.

To try to help ease your mind, I'm still recovering from a cold I had two weeks ago. It's just about at the end, but I lived with "lung cancer" for the last two weeks - even with two trips to the Dr., and the assurance that "it's just a cold".

You'll be fine. I bet it's something environmental that's turned into some kind of sinus thing. I ALWAYS get sore throat or postnasal drip when seasons change, or when adjusting to the AC or heat being on all the time.

Thank you all. I'm. Sure it's nothing serious, but it's been too long not to get it looked at again. I went to the doc a couple of weeks ago but they couldn't see anything.

I'll try the salt water while i wait for my appointment.

I reckon it might be a combination of the great weather here, maybe a bit of dehydration and more air con in the car. Anyway, best to get it checked out.

I appreciate your thoughts and prayers (for those who pray).

Well, I'll ask to see a different one (in fact, I THINK I saw a nurse practitioner last time). Anyway, if they can't see anything I'm assuming they'll refer me to an ENT specialist.

plus, I'm a man.

   Where,where....now you need too also see an eye doctor 😂🤪😂

Please don’t wait and get a second opinion.

We've been taught that even walking past a smoker will cause cancer, so this kind of fear is understandable, but improbable.  As others have recommended, gargle with salt water, try not to worry, and go see an ENT.

I hope you get over that soon. Sometimes googling stuff medical is going to help you figure it out but without medical training you may not do more than scare yourself.

Go to the doc let him figure it out.

Z

How are you doing now, LL?