Super Sore Throat...What to do?

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Registered: 12-19-2006
Super Sore Throat...What to do?
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Mon, 07-30-2007 - 1:42am
I just got home from vacation yesterday and now I have the achingest, sorest, wanna-swallow-ice-iest sore throat. Can this be a bad thing? What if it is strep? Will strep hurt the baby? I don't have a fever and I don't think my glands are swollen, so it is probably not strep, but my face hurts....it's wierd. The pain is so bad I can't sleep or eat, so I think for the meantime I am going to take some Tylenol and eat a freezie. Could this be a symptom of something that could hurt the baby? Now I am worried. I let a wild chipmunk that I had semi-tamed eat peanuts out of my mouth (it seemed like a
 

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Registered: 12-19-2006
Mon, 07-30-2007 - 2:08am
Ok, so it probably was'nt the chipmunk. I was doing some reading online and it says that pregnancy can aggravate postnasal drip, which I have had problems with for years. It just got so sore so suddenly that I didn't think it was PND again. I find 1-2 tablespoons of honey help coat the throat, so I will have to start taking that again.
 

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Registered: 01-25-2007
Mon, 07-30-2007 - 7:18am
One trick my Mom used when I grow up (I am chinese) is she will add salt in root beer. that made me feel better although it wasn't taste good. Honey sound better